H.S. wrote: > 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. > So far, my only issue has been that the system doesn't want to boot without the password, not good for a server when the protected filesystem isn't needed to run (such as source or docs, contact info, etc). I attempted to "solve" this by using "noauto,user" so I could hand mount it, or putting it into automount, neither of which worked properly with fc11 where I tried it first. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- 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
