Installing PGP Whole Disk Encryption on Linux Workstations

Note: This installation was tested on Ubuntu 10.04 64bit with PGP WDE Version, 10.2.0 Build 2233.

Installation

1. Open the terminal and issue the following command:

                - "chmod +x pgp_desktop_10.2.0.2233_linux_ub10.04_x86_64.bsx"

2. Open the terminal and issue the following command:

                - "sudo ./ pgp_desktop_10.2.0.2233_linux_ub10.04_x86_64.bsx "

3. Press enter to read the license

4. Type "y" to agree to the terms of the license.

5. Reboot the workstation

Configuring Whole Disk Encryption

1. Make sure the username of the logged in linux user is the exact same as the domain username.

2. Open a terminal
3  Issue the following command to configure PGP to point to your PGP Universal Server

            - sudo pgpconfigure "ovid=&mail=*&admin=1"

4. Reboot the workstation

5. Login as the user that needs to enroll and issue the following command.
           - pgpenroll --enroll (Note: Do not use sudo)

6. When prompted for a username type you Domain credentials

7. And you should see output similar to the screen below.

8. Now reboot the workstation and you should be presented with the grey bootguard.
9. Type your password and hit enter.

10. Once you load the desktop open the terminal
11. To verify whole disk encryption is enabled run the following commands.

                "pgpwde --status"

12. The output should confirm that the disk is either encrypted or in process of encrypting.