Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/FileSystems?action=diff&rev2=20&rev1=19 The comment on the change is: Editorial pass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {{{my_swap /dev/sdb1 /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 }}} - This creates an encrypted block device `/dev/mapper/my_swap`, which can be + This command creates an encrypted block device `/dev/mapper/my_swap`, which can be referenced in `/etc/fstab`. The next example shows an entry for a filesystem volume: {{{my_volume /dev/sda5 /etc/volume_key cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 @@ -23, +23 @@ The `/etc/volume_key` file contains a plaintext encryption key. You can also specify {{{none}}} as the key file name, and the system instead asks for the encryption key during boot. + The recommended method is to use ''LUKS'' for file system volumes. If you are using LUKS you can drop the `cipher=` declaration in `/etc/crypttab`. - The recommended method is to use ''LUKS'' for file system volumes: - (using LUKS you can drop the cipher= part in crypttab). - 1. Create the encrypted volume using {{{cryptsetup luksFormat}}} + 1. Create the encrypted volume using {{{cryptsetup luksFormat}}}. - 1. Add the necessary entry to `/etc/crypttab` + 1. Add the necessary entry to `/etc/crypttab`. - 1. Set up the volume manually using {{{cryptsetup luksOpen}}} or reboot + 1. Set up the volume manually using {{{cryptsetup luksOpen}}} or reboot. - 1. Create a filesystem on the encrypted volume + 1. Create a filesystem on the encrypted volume. - 1. Set up an `/etc/fstab` entry + 1. Set up an entry in `/etc/fstab`. -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
