Information about the package, cryptsetup-reencrypt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cryptsetup-reencrypt package is designed for, A utility for offline reencryption of LUKS encrypted disks..
Package Name:
cryptsetup-reencrypt
Summary:
A utility for offline reencryption of LUKS encrypted disks.
Description:
This package contains cryptsetup-reencrypt utility which can be used for offline reencryption of disk in site. Also includes dracut module required to perform reencryption of device containing a root filesystem.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.4
Release:
2.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
Control the cryptsetup-reencrypt package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will install cryptsetup-reencrypt on the server.
yum remove cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will un-install cryptsetup-reencrypt on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cryptsetup-reencrypt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will un-install cryptsetup-reencrypt on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cryptsetup-reencrypt when using the -y flag.
yum update cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will update cryptsetup-reencrypt to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cryptsetup-reencrypt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will update cryptsetup-reencrypt to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cryptsetup-reencrypt when using the -y flag.
yum info cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will show you core information about the cryptsetup-reencrypt package.
yum deplist cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will show you the dependencies for cryptsetup-reencrypt. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cryptsetup-reencrypt
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cryptsetup-reencrypt. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.