Hi, On Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 23:53:45, Christian Boltz wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 15. November 2006 21:17 schrieb Andreas Jaeger: > > for tomorrow's meeting we have one topic so far: > > > > Encrypted Home Partitions: > > > > - Use dm-crypt and LUKS by default for newly encrypted > > partitions > > From what I remember from the german Linux Magazin some time ago > (multiple passwords per partition, passwords easily changeable etc.), > this is a very good idea :-) > > [... more good ideas snipped ...] > > > Any comments, suggestions etc? > > I'd propose to check how useful /etc/cryptotab is. > I see several disadvantages compared to an entry in /etc/fstab: > > In short, there's no additional value by using a separate file > (/etc/cryptotab) for encrypted partitions, but several disadvantages > and problems. OTOH, I see no disadvantages when using /etc/fstab for > encrypted partitions.
I see a big one. It does not work with device mapper :) There is no support in mount to setup a dm on the fly (which is what a loop entry does). Maybe we can add that for 10.3 but that mean a lot of work. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, http://hennevogel.de "To die. In the rain. Alone." Ernest Hemingway --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
