On 2016-12-29 04:15, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 12/28/2016 08:02 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Keyboards nowdays are on USB, so you need it in the emergency boot.
Ah yes, many mobos simply don't have the jacks for kbd and mouse any more, its all USB.
Mine does, but the original keyboard died and the replacement is USB. They don't last that long nowdays. ps/2 keyboards are difficult to obtain, and those I found I didn't like.
I guess you don't use an encrypted root.
I don't see the point in encrypting the root. User DATA yes, the programs that are available for download from the repositories and on the DVD - no point in encrypting them.
I didn't see the point initially, either, but there is also data on /etc that can be sensitive. WiFi password, for instance. Then there is /tmp, databases in /var... I do not encrypt root because it is inconvenient and I do not like the way yast does it, but I do see the point. Anyway, the distribution has to cater for such a case.
All my site passwords, email passwords, web account details, anything that valuable, all lives under /home.
Perhaps with mobile devices things are different. Certainly there's a LOT of critical stuff on my cell phone!
A laptop is different. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)