From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:49:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oAJ8nNPH014891 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:49:24 -0500 Received: from [10.36.6.210] (vpn1-6-210.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.6.210]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oAJ8nMGv012354 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:49:23 -0500 Message-ID: <4CE63A11.6010001@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:49:21 +0100 From: Milan Broz MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4CE247CB.2030507@redhat.com> <20101119010126.GA19567@tansi.org> In-Reply-To: <20101119010126.GA19567@tansi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] [ANNOUNCE] cryptsetup 1.2.0-rc1 (test release candidate) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On 11/19/2010 02:01 AM, Arno Wagner wrote: > Compiles and installs fine. What is the new output line > for 'type' on 'cryptestup status'?: > > type: PLAIN It's the type of active device according to context, (these are defined in libcryptsetup.h) currently there is PLAIN (create command) and LUKS1 (luksOpen), but maybe later some other formats appears. Basically you can get this information already from "dmsetup status " and check DM-UUID prefix. (In principle this prefix used to check which subsystem owns the device.) Probably should be mentioned released notes... Milan