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On 3/1/09, M. McGowan <m.mcgowan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 2/28/09, Max Vozeler <x...@debian.org> wrote: >> reassign 517471 partman-crypto >> thanks >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 06:25:23PM -0500, M. McGowan wrote: >>> It is possible to encrypt loop-aes and dm-crypt tmp (like /tmp or >>> /var/tmp) partitions with a random key at boot time, but the Debian >>> installer will not configure this. The installer will only configure >>> swap partitions like that. >> >> Have you tried configuring the partition with a >> random key, and then setting "Use as" of the encrypted >> partition to e.g. "ext2" ? >> >> The installer should take care of setting the fstab/ >> crypttab flags as appropriate for tmp. >> >> If that doesn't work, it would indicate a bug we need >> to fix in partman-crypto. It is supposed to work for >> both loop-AES and dm-crypt. >> >> Max > > For dm-crypt, I get an error that says, "You have chosen a random key > type for SCSI2 (0,0,0), partition #6 (sdb) but requested the > partitioner to create a file system on it. > > Using a random key type means that the partition data is going to be > destroyed upon each reboot. This should only be used for swap > partitions. > > Are you sure you want to use a random key?" > > Loop-aes gives me the usual, "The kernel was unable to re-read the > partition table on /dev/loop0 (Invalid argument). This means Linux > won't know anything about the modifications you made until you reboot. > You should reboot your computer before doing anything with > /dev/loop0." > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
