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cryptsetup-reencrypt


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+



Handy Yum Commands for cryptsetup-reencrypt


Control the cryptsetup-reencrypt package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

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.