Package: cryptsetup Version: 2:1.0.3-2 Severity: wishlist cryptdisks should be a wrapper around cryptdisks, comparable to mount. basicly it should do the same as the current cryptdisks initscript, except that it can be invoked from the commandline.
* David Härdeman wrote: > Usage examples: > > o mount all crypt-disks > cryptmount -a > > o setup crypt-disk named "croot" (defined in /etc/crypttab) > cryptmount croot > > o list all known cryptdisks > cryptmount -l > > Then "cryptmount" (or whatever we call it) can contain all the code for > parsing /etc/crypttab. This should help with the current early/late > init.d scripts as they both simply call cryptmount -a and also means that > I can include the wrapper in the initramfs image, thereby reducing those > scripts quite a lot. cryptmount/cryptdisks should support dynamical devices which are not configured in /etc/crypttab as well. the syntax could look like: o setup plain crypt-disk named "cusb" (not defined in /etc/crypttab) cryptmount /dev/sdf4 cusb o setup luks crypt-disk named "cstick" (not defined in /etc/crypttab) cryptmount /dev/sde1 cstick -o luks,key=/etc/keys/cstick,timeout=5 ideally the wrapper should be written in C, to make it faster than the current bash shell script. ... jonas -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-rc3-1-amd64-resivo Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages cryptsetup depends on: ii dmsetup 2:1.02.07-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdevmapper1.02 2:1.02.07-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libgpg-error0 1.2-1 library for common error values an ii libpopt0 1.10-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libuuid1 1.39-1 universally unique id library cryptsetup recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
