Thanks tiger, Ok will try to use the latest util-linux package I hope the Quest for this will sooner be end :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bopolissimus Platypus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [plug] CryptoAPI + Losetup > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 23:32, Ronald Chan wrote: > > losetup -e blowfish /dev/loop0 /home/admin/private > > > > Unsupported Encryption > > > > I look for Redhat site for upgrade on losetup package and as well as > > util-linux and mount package but as I expected it won't work either!! any > > recommendation is highly appreciated > > you need to build your kernel with crypto extensions (you've already > done that) and also you need to build losetup with crypto extensions. > > i have not actually done that, didn't care to, and mandrake already > has crypto built in (no blowfish though, but aes is good enough for > me). but the FAQ: > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO.htm l#s3 > > and go to item #5. > > says that the package to download and patch is util-linux. the patch is in > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/crypto (of course change that to wherever your > actual kernel is). but I don't find a crypto directory anywhere in my kernels > (both vanilla and mandrake kernel-source). if you find the right place, > maybe you could post a follow up here and send an update to the FAQ > maintainer :). > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo gquimpo*hotmail.com tiger*sni*ph > http://bopolissimus.sni.ph > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" > > Why be difficult when, with a bit of effort, you could be > impossible? > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
