laptop security - encryption - does not work cleanly on F7
Adalbert Prokop
adalbert.prokop at gmx.de
Sun Jul 8 18:53:10 UTC 2007
Mail List wrote on Sunday 08 July 2007:
> root is a non-starter -
What do you mean by this?
> First problem was if fstab has fsck on - then on booting the
> /etc/crypttab triggers a pass-phrase request - which appears to work
> (small yay) - next fsck fails with bad superblock error. I suspect the
> fsck is done on /dev/sdaX instead of /dev/mapper/xx. Obvisously this
> cannot work.
I do not believe, that fsck is performed on /dev/sdaX. fsck runs on the
partition you have specified in fstab - in this case /dev/mapper/xx
> I edited fstab to skip any fsck - now boot proceeds further - then it
> says re-mounting read write - now it prompts for pass phrase a second
> time (bug?).
May it be that you have several encrypted partitions and that you enter
passwords in wrong order?...
Can you post your crypttab and fstab here?
> That seems to fail anyway in that /dev/mapper/xx is not
> created and thus the mount fails. Boot proceeds ok - but ends with no
> /dev/mapper/xx and /home cannot be mounted.
What error message do you see?
> Given the importance of laptop security these days I do so hope this
> can be made to work smoothly and so would very much appreciate some
> help.
You might find it useful:
http://www.familie-prokop.de/cryptofs/index_en.html
--
bye,
Adalbert
Eschew obfuscation.
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