# fscrypt setup creates fscrypt.conf Defaulting to policy_version 2 because kernel supports it. Customizing passphrase hashing difficulty for this system... Created global config file at "FSCRYPT_CONF". Skipping creating MNT_ROOT/.fscrypt because it already exists. # fscrypt setup creates fscrypt.conf and /.fscrypt Defaulting to policy_version 2 because kernel supports it. Customizing passphrase hashing difficulty for this system... Created global config file at "FSCRYPT_CONF". Metadata directories created at "MNT_ROOT/.fscrypt". # fscrypt setup when fscrypt.conf already exists (cancel) Replace "FSCRYPT_CONF"? [y/N] [ERROR] fscrypt setup: operation canceled # fscrypt setup when fscrypt.conf already exists (cancel 2) Replace "FSCRYPT_CONF"? [y/N] [ERROR] fscrypt setup: operation canceled # fscrypt setup when fscrypt.conf already exists (accept) Replace "FSCRYPT_CONF"? [y/N] Defaulting to policy_version 2 because kernel supports it. Customizing passphrase hashing difficulty for this system... Created global config file at "FSCRYPT_CONF". Skipping creating MNT_ROOT/.fscrypt because it already exists. # fscrypt setup --quiet when fscrypt.conf already exists [ERROR] fscrypt setup: operation would be destructive Use --force to automatically run destructive operations. # fscrypt setup --quiet --force when fscrypt.conf already exists # fscrypt setup filesystem Metadata directories created at "MNT/.fscrypt". # fscrypt setup filesystem (already set up) [ERROR] fscrypt setup: filesystem MNT: already setup for use with fscrypt # no config file [ERROR] fscrypt setup: "FSCRYPT_CONF" doesn't exist Run "sudo fscrypt setup" to create this file. # bad config file [ERROR] fscrypt setup: "FSCRYPT_CONF" is invalid: invalid character 'b' looking for beginning of value Either fix this file manually, or run "sudo fscrypt setup" to recreate it.