anaconda support for encrypted LVs (as opposed to PVs)

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Fri Jan 18 17:19:22 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 11:18:43AM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 09:02:28AM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 17:57 -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > > A while back I was told that Anaconda supported creating encrypted 
> > > LVs, but it appears as of today's rawhide it only supports encrypted 
> > > PVs.  Is that true?  If not, what is the magic UI sequence that allows 
> > > LVs to be created and encrypted?
> > 
> > It should work -- there should just be a checkbox for Encrypt on the LV
> > creation dialog.  If not, file a bug :)
> 
> Done, #429299.

Oh well.  I guess I'll stick with a smaller system PV/VG for encrypted 
root/swap, and create LVs after install manually:

------- Additional Comments From dlehman at redhat.com  2008-01-18 11:37 EST -------
This is intentional. We currently support encryption of PVs, but not 
LVs.




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