File Share Encryption

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  • 1.  PGP & Lion Server / Can't start desktop

    Posted Jul 22, 2011 11:04 AM

    I have decrypted my boot drive to install Lion but didn't de-install the whole PGP. Nor did I decrypt two other HDs that are in my MacPro.

    Installing Lion worked, I can boot and the still two encrypted HDs show up.

     

    Now I wanted to play around with the new Logical Volume Manager from Lion. Hence I wanted to decrypt the two other HDs too. But,

    1. I can't open PGP Desktop, it give an error: "An error occurred while trying to open PGP"... well than..

    2. I tried to decrypt via commandline tool: pgpwde --decrypt --disk 1 --p just-my-pass-without-any-quotes-or-so but this gives an error code: -11984 object wasn't found.

    So, how can I decrypt my other two HDs? The fallback would be to backup the data and just kill the partition on it and start over, right?



  • 2.  RE: PGP & Lion Server / Can't start desktop

    Posted Jul 22, 2011 03:38 PM

    Found a slution:

    For the point 2. command line you need to add the --keyid 0x... parameter. The keyid can be retrieved with the --info command IIRC.

    After the correct command line the decryption started in the background is now running.



  • 3.  RE: PGP & Lion Server / Can't start desktop

    Posted Sep 21, 2011 11:39 AM

    Glad you were able to resolve this!  It would be helpful if you use the Mark As Solution option on your posted solution.