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From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Newbie questions: how to configure and mount an encrypted partition on bootup?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:02:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120319070219.GA22551@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAADET=cJiQmaosf+7Y=sCAamOX=1ywWYJOXUhV1F8pF3cpxgFg@mail.gmail.com>

I suggest you read up on encryption in general. If the passphrase
is stored on the system, the encryption becomes totally worthless.

Arno

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 08:33:43PM -0700, David Li wrote:
>       Hi,
>         I am totally new to dm-crypt. My OS is RHEL5/6.
> 
>         Here is what I want to do:
>         I have a system that is pxebooted and the root fs is nfs mounted
> from
> another server.  But I have a local disk that can be used as an encrypted
> storage perhaps for user data.  In the beginning it's blank with no
> partitions.
> 
>         So the first time I would let the user to decide how to partition
> and
> set up LUKS.  From that point on each subsequent boot would automatically
> mount the encrypted partitions as configured.
> 
>         I am looking for general programmable way  to achieve this. Maybe
> someone has done the exact thing before.
> 
>         Specifically,
>       1.      On first boot, how should I modify the initramfs to prompt
> the
> user to set up LUKS? Or initramfs is not the way, what else?
> 
>         2.      On each subsequent boot, how would I let dm-crypt to
> automatically retrieve the passphrase once the user logins into the system.
> Assume that the passphrase has been stored on the same server to store the
> root fs. I don't want to force him to type in the LUKS passphrase again to
> unlock the partitions.
>         Thanks.
>         David

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-19  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-19  3:33 [dm-crypt] Newbie questions: how to configure and mount an encrypted partition on bootup? David Li
2012-03-19  7:02 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
2012-03-19  7:27 ` Philipp Wendler

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