It's meant to defeat non-system based password entries, which is how a hacker might try to attack your encrypted partition.Īlso, even if you could get acceptance of the password, you still could not resize an encrypted partition (entering a password doesn't decrypt the partition, it only makes access to individual files possible). It's part of the encryption method's hacker protection architecture. The reason? The password entry is not coming from the main Linux install, from which it must come. The fact that Gparted cannot process the encryption password is not an accident, all other media management programs will have the same issue.
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You need to unencrypt the encrypted partition, move its content, remove the encrypted partition, then install the new Linux instance. public IP addresses or hostnames, account numbers, email addresses) before posting!ĭoes this sidebar need an addition or correction? Tell me here Note: ensure to redact or obfuscate all confidential or identifying information (eg. If you fix the problem yourself, please post your solution, so that others can also learn. ✻ Smokey says: turn down your AC, heating and hot water to fight climate change! If you're posting for help, please include the following details, so that we can help you more efficiently: Any distro, any platform! Explicitly noob-friendly.