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The Saturday 2007-09-22 at 09:28 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> > Simple: create an encrypted partition (ext3, reiser, xfs) using Yast. Tell
> > it to mount using ID (in fstab options, perhaps). Better use a loooooooong
> > password.
>
> Ahh, I missed using the ID in fstab options. I saw it but didn't try anything.
For two reasons: 10.3 will use it, and because an usb device you will not
know in advance which device it will get, so better define an invariant
config line using ID. I prefer label, but label is not an option when
encrypted.
> > > (Note: I do not want to resort to the CLI to mount it.)
> >
> > AFAIK, no way. Sorry.
> >
> > As it is usb mounted, you can not use /etc/cryptotab to mount it during
> > boot, but fstab. And as you need to enter a password, you can not use a
> > GUI unless somebody writes it first. I'm not aware in any not interested
> > in finding it :-P
> >
> > And things are a bit different in 10.3, I hear.
> >
>
> Hmm...maybe I'll put 10.3 on the laptop then. I do need to redo my partitions
> anyway, so that might be a good time.
>
> I'd want to simply put the key in and have it pop up with the unencrypted
> partition (as it does) and then ask for my password for the encrypted one.
> It would seem that's the obvious method of using such things.
But somebody has to create such a gadget. You can open a bugzilla as a
feature request.
Notice that the encrypted partition is not automatically detected as such,
it needs a precise config file with the proper options. I suppose it might
be doable, but notice the lack of general interest in this thread and
consider it as a measure of how many people would want such a gui (they
are not even interested in encrypted partitions, it seems). I'd frankly
prefer developers "wasting" sometime writing a proper howto doc, than
writing a gui.
> This has been a real challenge. I'm suprised at the lack of robustness in the
> GUI for such things. Even TrueCrypt has a GUI for Wintendo but I have to
> downgrade to 1980's-era CLI for the Linux version.
>
> :(
CLI is safer and better :-P
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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