Re: help with LUKS header backup

2012-01-11 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
10/01/2012 23:55, yudi v wrote: Yes, I am using this regularly. Backing up the headers to encrypted media (two preferably) is good practice, even if one can foresee a bit off a circle here ;-) . Header backups are easier to break than original LUKS container. there is only one LUKS header on

Re: help with LUKS header backup

2012-01-10 Thread yudi v
> > Yes, I am using this regularly. Backing up the headers to encrypted media > (two preferably) is good practice, even if one can foresee a bit off a > circle here ;-) . Header backups are easier to break than original LUKS > container. > > there is only one LUKS header on a disk, right? I have L

Re: help with LUKS header backup

2012-01-09 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
09/01/2012 05:03, yudi v wrote: I am trying to back up the LUKS header and LUKS FAQ recommend using the cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup command. [cut] I only have one partition that uses LUKS, sda4. It's a GPT disk and the partitions are as follows sda1 = ESP sda2 = EF02 sda3 = /boot sda4 = luks

help with LUKS header backup

2012-01-08 Thread yudi v
I am trying to back up the LUKS header and LUKS FAQ recommend using the cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup command. Cryptsetup man page has the following format "luksHeaderBackup --header-backup-file " the following example is taken from the LUKS FAQ. cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup --header-backup-file h