Hi, On Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 23:53:45, Christian Boltz wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 15. November 2006 21:17 schrieb Andreas Jaeger:
for tomorrow's meeting we have one topic so far:
Encrypted Home Partitions:
- Use dm-crypt and LUKS by default for newly encrypted partitions
From what I remember from the german Linux Magazin some time ago (multiple passwords per partition, passwords easily changeable etc.), this is a very good idea :-)
[... more good ideas snipped ...]
Any comments, suggestions etc?
I'd propose to check how useful /etc/cryptotab is. I see several disadvantages compared to an entry in /etc/fstab:
In short, there's no additional value by using a separate file (/etc/cryptotab) for encrypted partitions, but several disadvantages and problems. OTOH, I see no disadvantages when using /etc/fstab for encrypted partitions.
I see a big one. It does not work with device mapper :) There is no support in mount to setup a dm on the fly (which is what a loop entry does). Maybe we can add that for 10.3 but that mean a lot of work. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, http://hennevogel.de "To die. In the rain. Alone." Ernest Hemingway --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org