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 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. > >

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 pr

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

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 i

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

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

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