On 02/02/2006 To [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Imho it should check if there is _any_ valied filesystem on the > > swappartition and refuses to format it if there is any (because swap > > is really dangerous in this situation). > > no, that is what a postcheck should do. start cryptsetup, check for a > swap partition, and run swapon only if the check succeeds.
what is bullshit in reality. nobody will use a constant key for his/her swap partition, /dev/[u]random is the only sane key for encrypted swap. thus, the check for swap-headers will always fail. maybe we should drop the postchecks/swap check. what do you think? ... jonas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
