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List:       suse-security
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-security] How does one convert from /etc/cryptotab to
From:       "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas () telefonica ! net>
Date:       2007-11-30 13:40:35
Message-ID: alpine.LSU.0.9999.0711301438340.2626 () nimrodel ! valinor
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The Friday 2007-11-30 at 13:31 +0100, Ludwig Nussel wrote:

>> which seems easier that crypttab, but if the needed options are those you
>> write there, then it is easy enough. However... Do I need the fstab line
>> if I mount it via /etc/init.d/boot.crypto? Because mounting via
>> boot.crypto is obviously simpler than the three line commands you write:
>
> If you want boot.crypto to mount entries in crypttab you also need
> an entry in fstab since crypttab doesn't contain information about
> mount points or file systems.

Yep, I saw that later.


>> ] losetup /dev/loop0 /secret.img
>> ] cryptsetup --hash sha512 --cipher twofish-cbc-plain --key-size 256 create secret_img /dev/loop0
>> ] mount /dev/mapper/secret_img /secret
>
> Those commands are just for explaining what boot.crypto does. If all
> goes well you don't need to type them manually. You may find them
> helpful if some step doesn't work and you need to debug things
> manually though.

Right.

Now I will have to write my own notes to remember all this, hoping it 
doesn't change again next year :-p

- -- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E. R.
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