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Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Library to do a 'luksOpen' programatically
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On 04/07/2010 11:12 AM, Miguel =C1ngel Garc=EDa Roig wrote:
> I'm trying to do a :=20
>=20
> # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/hda2 root
>=20
> using a library call or similar. I am not able to call cryptsetup
> directly due to security reasons.

Which security reasons?

>=20
> Is there any library to do this ? I have read about the
> libcryptsetup library, but i can not found it in debian lenny.

You need cryptsetup 1.1.0, it is in Debian testing/unstable already.

Milan