Package: cryptsetup
Version: 2:1.0.6-6
Severity: wishlist
As I've explained on the mailing list, the same functionality that
provides passdev as it's used now (just with normal passwords) is also
interesting for most (but not all) keyscripts.
e.g. my decrypt_openpgp looks whether its keyfile-parameter ($1)
contains a ":"
If so, it uses passdev to read the keyfile and stores it to some
temporary file (vi mktemp), if not it simply uses cat to store it to
the same file (that way I do not have to differ between the two cases
in the following code).
(This btw: is also my motivation for bug #509068,.. to make it even simpler)
Ok,.. as you see, passdev is of general use and not just a keyscript.
I'd suggest the following:
1) Move passdev out of the keyscripts directory.
2) Specify that all key-scripts that actually read files via their
$1-paramter should/must use passdev for this reading (and if #509068
won't fix, differ between the two cases, with and without ":")
3) Change documentation to represent this stuff
Thanks,
Chris.
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages cryptsetup depends on:
ii dmsetup 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device
Mapper use
ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device
Mapper use
ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline
parameters
ii libuuid1 1.41.3-1 universally unique id library
cryptsetup recommends no packages.
Versions of packages cryptsetup suggests:
ii dosfstools 3.0.1-1 utilities for making and checking
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92m tools for generating an initramfs
ii udev 0.125-7 /dev/ and hotplug
management daemo
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