NAME

       bdemount — mounts a BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) encrypted volume

SYNOPSIS

       bdemount  [-k  keys]  [-o offset] [-p password] [-r password] [-s filename] [-X extended_options] [-huvV]
                source

DESCRIPTION

       bdemount is a utility to mount a BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) encrypted volume

       bdemount is part of the libbde package.  libbde is a library to access  the  BitLocker  Drive  Encryption
       (BDE) format

       source is the source file.

       The options are as follows:

       -h      shows this help

       -k keys
               the  full  volume encryption key and tweak key formatted in base16 and separated by a : character
               e.g. FKEV:TWEAK

       -o offset
               specify the volume offset in bytes

       -p password
               specify the password

       -r password
               specify the recovery password

       -s filename
               specify the file containing the startup key.  typically this file has the extension .BEK

       -u      unattended mode (disables user interaction)

       -v      verbose output to stderr

       -V      print version

       -X extended_options
               extended options to pass to sub system

ENVIRONMENT

       None

FILES

       None

EXAMPLES

       # bdemount -p Password /dev/sda1
       bdemount 20110821

DIAGNOSTICS

       Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is  enabled.   Verbose  and
       debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

BUGS

       Please   report   bugs   of   any   kind   to   <joachim.metz@gmail.com>   or  on  the  project  website:
       https://github.com/libyal/libbde/

AUTHOR

       These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2011-2024, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.  This is free software;  see  the  source
       for  copying  conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       bdeinfo(1)

libbde                                          January 21, 2022                                      bdemount()