Aravisian
Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:10:37 am
During one of my many adventures in wiping and reloading, I accidently set this last one to Encrypt the O.S. to require a password to login upon boot.
At first it didn't bother me much but it's starting to get annoying when in a hurry.
Is it possible to undo that now, after the fact? Apologies if this is covered already and I cannot seem to hit the right search terms.
EDIT: Of course, I hit the right terms AFTER I submitted this thread.
I found this guide:
https://www.howtogeek.com/116179/how-to ... ng-ubuntu/
EDIT + Update:
I followed the article instructions to the letter. The article dates from 2012.
Everything went smoothly without loss of data. However, it did not work. The one hiccough was when I entered into terminal the following command:
Result:
I believe that piece of information is out of date. When I login, I see Cryptfs5, I think. I would prefer to not try again until I find the proper information on that.
At first it didn't bother me much but it's starting to get annoying when in a hurry.
Is it possible to undo that now, after the fact? Apologies if this is covered already and I cannot seem to hit the right search terms.
EDIT: Of course, I hit the right terms AFTER I submitted this thread.
I found this guide:
https://www.howtogeek.com/116179/how-to ... ng-ubuntu/
EDIT + Update:
I followed the article instructions to the letter. The article dates from 2012.
Everything went smoothly without loss of data. However, it did not work. The one hiccough was when I entered into terminal the following command:
- Code:
sudo apt-get remove ecryptfs-utils libecryptfs0
Result:
- Code:
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libecryptfs1' instead of 'libecryptfs0'
Package 'ecryptfs-utils' is not installed, so not removed
I believe that piece of information is out of date. When I login, I see Cryptfs5, I think. I would prefer to not try again until I find the proper information on that.