Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-29 Thread RW
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:12:16 +0200 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note that encrypting the partitions where the OS lives is not particularly usefull; there is nothing secret there. On the contrary, it would potentially make the encrypted partition vulnerable to a known plaintext

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-27 Thread DSA - JCR
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 05:31:23PM -, DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? Yes. Use geli(8) encryption. is for protecting the system from unauthorized users Disk encryption also protects your data

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 09:47:44AM -, DSA - JCR wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 05:31:23PM -, DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? Yes. Use geli(8) encryption. is for protecting the

Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-26 Thread DSA - JCR
Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? What I want is that if the system is rebooted or shutdown, somebody must enter a password to boot and/or mounting / is for protecting the system from unauthorized users Thanks in

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-26 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? What I want is that if the system is rebooted or shutdown, somebody must enter a password to boot and/or mounting

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-26 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 05:31:23PM -, DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? Yes. Use geli(8) encryption. is for protecting the system from unauthorized users Disk encryption also protects your

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-26 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 01:53:27PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? What I want is that if the system is

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-26 Thread Polytropon
Hi! Allthough you already got good answers, I'd like to add the following: On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:31:23 - (GMT), DSA - JCR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? What I want is that if

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

2008-07-26 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 09:58:53PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: What I want is that if the system is rebooted or shutdown, somebody must enter a password to boot and/or mounting / Next to the usual means of access control (no automated login, no users without password), there would be an