Crypto-Encryption Key
OK !! Suse Gods & Gurus I have posted this question many times to reiser.com (in the very best plain english possible) yet no-one understands what the hell I'm talking about... Hyperthetical: I installed suse 9.2, configuring the partitions, during the installation, as follows: / 20GB ReiserFS /home 70GB ReiserFS Encrypted /swap 300MB swap My / partition is destroyed during the Suse9.3 upgrade. My /home directory is lost forever because I don't have the crypto/encryption key to match my password. Some of the replies have had me nearly in tears. I don't want to know how to back up personal data or require any lessons on tar. I basically want to know where is the encryption key is stored or What should I have done or what config files should I have backed up. When I encrypt a partition, there has to be a key/password stored somewhere.... cheers..
On Friday 29 April 2005 01:51, Shannon wrote:
OK !! Suse Gods & Gurus
I have posted this question many times to reiser.com (in the very best plain english possible) yet no-one understands what the hell I'm talking about...
Hyperthetical: I installed suse 9.2, configuring the partitions, during the installation, as follows: / 20GB ReiserFS /home 70GB ReiserFS Encrypted /swap 300MB swap
My / partition is destroyed during the Suse9.3 upgrade.
Define destroyed.
My /home directory is lost forever because I don't have the crypto/encryption key to match my password.
Some of the replies have had me nearly in tears. I don't want to know how to back up personal data or require any lessons on tar.
I basically want to know where is the encryption key is stored or What should I have done or what config files should I have backed up. When I encrypt a partition, there has to be a key/password stored somewhere....
I'm assuming you are referring to this? (watch the wrap) http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/en/2001/06/ jsj_crypto_filesystem_mini_howto.html Check your SUSE 9.3 box. Mine had a piece of paper in it that talked about incompatibilities with respect to crypto file systems and SUSE 9.3 upgrade. I don't use crypto file systems so I didn't pay too much attention to it. Do you have the paper? I don't have the box at home with me. Though I'm sure someone can speak up and reiterate the language on the paper I'm referring to. I would certainly suggest that you not fool with the / partition until you know exactly what you need to do to recover your file systems -- assuming that is possible. Data recovery can be easy at times, and challenging at others. -- Christopher Shanahan
cheers..
On Friday 29 April 2005 12:51 am, Shannon wrote:
OK !! Suse Gods & Gurus
I have posted this question many times to reiser.com (in the very best plain english possible) yet no-one understands what the hell I'm talking about...
Hyperthetical: I installed suse 9.2, configuring the partitions, during the installation, as follows: / 20GB ReiserFS /home 70GB ReiserFS Encrypted /swap 300MB swap
My / partition is destroyed during the Suse9.3 upgrade. My /home directory is lost forever because I don't have the crypto/encryption key to match my password.
Some of the replies have had me nearly in tears. I don't want to know how to back up personal data or require any lessons on tar.
I basically want to know where is the encryption key is stored or What should I have done or what config files should I have backed up. When I encrypt a partition, there has to be a key/password stored somewhere....
cheers..
I think you are referring to the release Notes for 9.3. On the DVD at docu/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html #12: _______________________________ Mounting Encrypted Partitions Now the mechanism for encrypting file systems (boot.crypto) distinguishes between several "twofish" algorithms. For twofish the kernel module loop_fish2 is used. For twofish128, twofish160, twofish192 and twofish256 the kernel modules cryptoloop and twofish are used. The default for a new encrypted partitions is twofish256. If you want to mount encrypted partitions already created on previous SUSE LINUX systems on a fresh installation of SUSE LINUX 9.3, you must change the encryption type in /etc/cryptotab or /etc/fstab from twofish256 to twofish. _______________________________ Haven't installed my 9.3 yet, don't have encrypted filesystems, but during installation in the partioning phase I'd highlight the /home directory, check the 'fstab option' or whatever its called in 9.3 and change twofish256 to twofish myself and see if that'll work. Stan
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Christopher Shanahan
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Shannon
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Stan Glasoe