geli

Manages GELI disk encryption on FreeBSD.

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Syntax

$geli [COMMAND] [OPTIONS] PROVIDER

Examples

$geli init /dev/ada0

Examples

$geli attach /dev/ada0

Examples

$geli detach /dev/ada0

Typical use cases

Run

geli init /dev/ada0

Run

geli attach /dev/ada0

Documentation

man geli

Note FreeBSD-specific full-disk encryption.

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