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Is "How do you set up an encrypted file on linux that can be mounted and accessed same as a hard drive." literally what you put into the search bar? if so, that
by hambes 1y ago
Is "How do you set up an encrypted file on linux that can be mounted and accessed same as a hard drive." literally what you put into the search bar? if so, that's the problem.
try "mount luks encrypted file" or "luks file mount". too many words and any grammar at all will degrade your results. it's all about keywords
edit: after trying it myself i quickly realized the problem - luks related articles are usually about drives or partitions, not about files. this search got me what i wanted: "luks mount file -partition -filesystem"
i found this article[1], which is in german (my native tongue), but contained the right information.
1: https://blog.netways.de/blog/2018/07/25/verschluesselten-file-container-mittels-cryptsetup-luks-erstellen/ https://blog.netways.de/blog/2018/07/25/verschluesselten-fil...
- Octoth0rpe 1y agoYour version assumes that the user knows that luks exists in the first place, OP's does not.
- hambes 1y agoOP specifically said they were looking for luks commands.
- IshKebab 1y agoGoogle hasn't really worked like you imagine for a decade.
- hambes 1y agothen why did my keyword-based approach work better than the natural language approach?
- mittensc 1y ago> mount luks encrypted file Usually references hard drive articles and even AI slop that says same thing. End of the first page, there's one link to something that solves it, so I might take this hint, thanks. > luks file mount This actually has a decent first link... so, yeah... cool