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From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
To: ".. ink .." <mhogomchungu@gmail.com>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] clarification on the use of API with key slot argument on plain volumes
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:34:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E89D604.90609@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFnMBaS6EfGGwJx0RZnLnWL1zHN6-GE-h6h4qBQUdkWYc5tECA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/02/2011 11:26 PM, .. ink .. wrote:
> 
> I am trying to move from using cryptsetup from the command line to
> using the library and i dont seem to understand the API very well.

There will be soon documentation with some examples soon (days,
we have already some patches).

> Most API like "crypt_activate_by_passphrase" has a keyslot argument
> in them, plain volumes do not use key slots. How can this API and
> others that has a keyslot argument be used on plain volumes?

use CRYPT_ANY_SLOT (it is ignored anyway).

See cryptsetup.c implementation as example for now.

(I'll reply with some example later but I'll be not online for few days now...)

Milan

      reply	other threads:[~2011-10-03 15:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-02 21:26 [dm-crypt] clarification on the use of API with key slot argument on plain volumes .. ink ..
2011-10-03 15:34 ` Milan Broz [this message]

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