On 01/25/2010 08:12 PM, Robin Laing wrote: > On 01/21/2010 08:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: >>> On 01/21/2010 09:40 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: >>> >>>>> From: >>>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS >>>>> >>>>> Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. > >>> >> What happens if you normally want a particular uuid to be activated on >> boot...but there is a power fail and restore at 3am? Wouldn't you still >> be stuck with a system waiting for the password when what you may want >> would be for the system to come up without that device? Wouldn't a >> rd_LUKS_timeout=<X seconds> make sense? >> >> > > If a drive is encrypted, where do you expect to get the password from? > > I am just curious because I have started to encrypt my drives and I have > to enter the password on each boot. It is to ensure that the system > cannot be accessed unless the password is entered. > > Maybe my concept of encrypted partitions is different than yours. > Some people use pre-configured keys stored in /etc/crypttab. While it's not as secure as requiring a passphrase be entered on each boot it does provide more protection than not encrypting anything and it provides a set of tradeoffs that some people are happy with. Regards, Bryn. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
