On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Alexander Golovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>
>  I was trying to encrypt my ext3 partition /dev/hda6, that's what I did:
>
> 1. I've added modules: aes, dm_mod, dm_crypt, to /etc/modules
> 2. Created the cryptographic device mapper: cryptsetup -y create crypt
> /dev/hda6 (entered passphrase twice)
> 3. Changed this options:
> echo "crypt /dev/hda6" >> /etc/crypttab; echo "/dev/mapper/crypt /mnt/crypt
> ext3 defaults 0 1" >> /etc/fstab


try putting

crypt /dev/hda6 none luks

in /etc/crypttab


>
> 4. Created mount directory; mkdir /mnt/crypt
> 5. Created a filesystem on the mapped device: mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/crypt
>
>  So, when I've tryied to mount /mnt/crypto It was mounted without
> passphrase question, but it was mounted.
> But , after reboot I've tried to mount my partition, and that what I have
> now:
> # mount /mnt/crypt/
> mount: special device /dev/mapper/crypt does not exist
>
> And I don't have a crypt file in /dev/mapper/ directory.
>

Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Cassiano Leal

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