* [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included?
@ 2020-03-28 21:56 Robert Nichols
2020-03-29 10:20 ` Arno Wagner
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From: Robert Nichols @ 2020-03-28 21:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dm-crypt
What is the rationale behind the chk_luks_keyslots tool not being included by default in cryptsetup packages? It gets tiresome, and a bit embarrassing, explaining to novices who are in trouble that they need to build this tool from source.
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* Re: [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included?
2020-03-28 21:56 [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included? Robert Nichols
@ 2020-03-29 10:20 ` Arno Wagner
2020-03-29 12:34 ` Jordan Glover
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From: Arno Wagner @ 2020-03-29 10:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dm-crypt
I think that is a decision by the distros. I am certainly
willing to maintain it for the foreseeable future. It is
not really much effort.
Regards,
Arno
On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 22:56:25 CET, Robert Nichols wrote:
> What is the rationale behind the chk_luks_keyslots tool not being included
> by default in cryptsetup packages? It gets tiresome, and a bit
> embarrassing, explaining to novices who are in trouble that they need to
> build this tool from source.
>
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* Re: [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included?
2020-03-29 10:20 ` Arno Wagner
@ 2020-03-29 12:34 ` Jordan Glover
2020-03-29 14:09 ` Milan Broz
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From: Jordan Glover @ 2020-03-29 12:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arno Wagner; +Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:20 AM, Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name> wrote:
> I think that is a decision by the distros. I am certainly
> willing to maintain it for the foreseeable future. It is
> not really much effort.
>
> Regards,
> Arno
The distros just do "make install" [1]. I think it's upstream who decides what this command does.
[1] https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/cryptsetup#n39
Jordan
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* Re: [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included?
2020-03-29 12:34 ` Jordan Glover
@ 2020-03-29 14:09 ` Milan Broz
2020-03-29 17:19 ` Arno Wagner
2020-03-30 0:44 ` Robert Nichols
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From: Milan Broz @ 2020-03-29 14:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jordan Glover, Arno Wagner; +Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
On 29/03/2020 14:34, Jordan Glover wrote:
> On Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:20 AM, Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name> wrote:
>
>> I think that is a decision by the distros. I am certainly
>> willing to maintain it for the foreseeable future. It is
>> not really much effort.
>
> The distros just do "make install" [1]. I think it's upstream who decides what this command does.
>
> [1] https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/cryptsetup#n39
My plan was to include this check in repair command instead of adding additional binary.
(The code could remain basically the same.)
With LUKS2 we can store other data in binary keyslot area (depends on type), so it need a little
bit more work but it should not be a big problem.
Please report an issue for it, that helps to not forget about it.
Thanks,
Milan
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* Re: [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included?
2020-03-29 14:09 ` Milan Broz
@ 2020-03-29 17:19 ` Arno Wagner
2020-03-30 0:44 ` Robert Nichols
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From: Arno Wagner @ 2020-03-29 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 16:09:56 CEST, Milan Broz wrote:
> On 29/03/2020 14:34, Jordan Glover wrote:
> > On Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:20 AM, Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name> wrote:
> >
> >> I think that is a decision by the distros. I am certainly
> >> willing to maintain it for the foreseeable future. It is
> >> not really much effort.
> >
> > The distros just do "make install" [1]. I think it's upstream who decides what this command does.
> >
> > [1] https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/cryptsetup#n39
>
> My plan was to include this check in repair command instead of adding
> additional binary. (The code could remain basically the same.)
>
> With LUKS2 we can store other data in binary keyslot area (depends on
> type), so it need a little bit more work but it should not be a big
> problem.
>
> Please report an issue for it, that helps to not forget about it.
>
> Thanks,
> Milan
Perfecly fine by me, feel fre to re-use any of the code that
is there as you see fit.
Regards,
Arno
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* Re: [dm-crypt] Why is the chk_luks_keyslots tool not routinely included?
2020-03-29 14:09 ` Milan Broz
2020-03-29 17:19 ` Arno Wagner
@ 2020-03-30 0:44 ` Robert Nichols
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From: Robert Nichols @ 2020-03-30 0:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dm-crypt
On 3/29/20 9:09 AM, Milan Broz wrote:
> On 29/03/2020 14:34, Jordan Glover wrote:
>> On Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:20 AM, Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name> wrote:
>>
>>> I think that is a decision by the distros. I am certainly
>>> willing to maintain it for the foreseeable future. It is
>>> not really much effort.
>>
>> The distros just do "make install" [1]. I think it's upstream who decides what this command does.
>>
>> [1] https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/cryptsetup#n39
>
> My plan was to include this check in repair command instead of adding additional binary.
> (The code could remain basically the same.)
>
> With LUKS2 we can store other data in binary keyslot area (depends on type), so it need a little
> bit more work but it should not be a big problem.
>
> Please report an issue for it, that helps to not forget about it.
Done. https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/issues/545
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