trying encrypted partition: a "doh!" question

H.S. hs.samix at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 04:32:45 UTC 2010


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.



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