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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:14:08 +0100
From: Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@citd.de>
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Subject: [dm-crypt] Is removing a HDD after umount, without remove,
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Hi


I want to integrate a dm-crypted USB-HDD with autofs.

The first part of setting up dm-crypt can be put into udev, so that the 
dm-crypt-device is setup immediatly after plugging in the HDD, which in 
turn can then be used with autofs.

So my question is: Is it safe to unplug the HDD after the filesystem is 
umounted, but with the dm-crypt-device still in existance?
(IOW: Are all dirty blocks immediately written to the HDD (at least at 
umount-time), or can there be something still buffered in the dm-crypt 
device?)





Bis denn

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