On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:32:47AM +0100, Harald Jenny wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:31:33AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Package: cryptsetup > > Version: 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1 > > Followup-For: Bug #502772 > > > > reopen 502772 > > retitle 502772 Associate usernames with passphrases; provide username > > associated with passphrase used > > thanks > > > > This bug report seems to have gotten closed based on an incorrect > > interpretation of the original report. Reopening, retitling, and > > re-requesting. > > > > The report makes the reasonable request that since an encrypted > > filesystem can have multiple passphrases associated with it, those > > passphrases could have associated usernames. Cryptsetup could then use > > the passphrase provided to look up the associated username, and provide > > that username to later phases of the boot process somehow, such as to > > GDM to allow it to select that username for autologin. Thus, the user > > would enter their passphrase to decrypt the disk, and not need to > > subsequently log in with a username and password. > > > > That seems like a reasonable request, and it should not impact system > > security in any way. > > > > - Josh Triplett > > you may also want to check libpam-mount if this suits your needs (although it > requires some config on the machine).
That only applies in the case of an encrypted user home directory, not an encrypted root partition. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
