On 12/07/10 10:19 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > On 07/12/2010 09:12 PM, H.S. wrote: >> Now I am looking for how to specify the encrypted partition in Debian's >> fstab so that I can mount it from within Debian. >> > > You will need to setup /etc/crypttab in your Debian installation and you > will still need to input your passphrase upon mount (well, before mount, Just did this. Installed cryptsetup package. Created the entry in /etc/cryptab: crypthomefedora UUID=<uuid here> none luks Created the relevant line in /etc/fstab: /dev/mapper/crypthomefedora /media/homefedora ext4 defaults 1 2 Now when I boot into Debian, it asks for the password. I enter it and it continues to boot. I am able to read F13's home mounted on /media/homefedora when I am in Debian. > during cryptsetup luksOpen). If you do not want to use a passphrase then > you will need to create a luks key and add it to your encrypted > partition. Then you should be able to use the key to mount without being > prompted. Defeats the purpose of needing external authentication though > unless you have the key on a USB drive or something else that is protected. I have started with encrypted partitions only yesterday when I installed F13. So this encrypted hard disk stuff is all new to me. I appreciate your comments. I will look into using a USB flash memory to store my keys. I agree regarding the disadvantage of having the keys on the hard disk itself though. Thanks, sincerely. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines