---
name: "fvdeinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfvde-utils"
version: "20240502-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fvdeinfo"
---

# fvdeinfo(1)

determines information about a FileVault Drive Encrypted (FVDE) volume

## NAME

**fvdeinfo** – determines information about a FileVault Drive Encrypted (FVDE) volume

## SYNOPSIS

**fvdeinfo** \[**-e** *plist\_path*\] \[**-k** *key*\] \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-p** *password*\] \[**-r** *password*\] \[**-huvV**\] *sources*

## DESCRIPTION

**fvdeinfo** is a utility to determine information about a FileVault Drive Encrypted (FVDE) volume

**fvdeinfo** is part of the **libfvde** package. **libfvde** is a library to access the FileVault Drive Encryption (FVDE) format

*sources* one or more source files or devices.

The options are as follows:

- **-e** *plist\_path*

  specify the path of the EncryptedRoot.plist.wipekey file

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-k** *key*

  specify the volume master key formatted in base16

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the volume offset

- **-p** *password*

  specify the password

- **-r** *password*

  specify the recovery password

- **-u**

  unattended mode (disables user interaction)

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# fvdeinfo -o20480 image.raw
fvdeinfo 20220116

Core Storage information:

Logical volume group:
	Identifier			: 94923b58-9f31-4988-8707-cb90c8e45a46
	Name				: TESTLVG
	Number of physical volumes	: 1
	Number of logical volumes	: 1

Physical volume: 1
	Identifier			: 3273a055-3b8b-47e8-b970-df35eecda81b
	Size				: 511 MiB (536829952 bytes)
	Encryption method		: AES-XTS

Logical volume: 1
	Identifier			: 420af122-cf73-4a30-8b0a-a593a65fbef5
	Name				: TestLV
	Size				: 160 MiB (167772160 bytes)
	Is locked

```

## 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 on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/libfvde/issues

## 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

[fvdemount(1)](/fvdemount/1.md)