--- Gian Piero Carzino <gianpiero.carzino@fastwebnet.it> wrote: > Jari wrote: > > > Good setups: > > > > ext2 -> loop -> partition > > ext3 -> loop -> partition > > reiserfs -> loop -> partition > > ext2 -> loop -> ext2 -> partition > > ext2 -> loop -> reiserfs -> partition > > reiserfs -> loop -> ext3 -> partition > > ^ > > > > data=journal > > or > > data=ordered > > > > Bad setups: > > > > reiserfs -> loop -> reiserfs -> partition > > reiserfs -> loop -> ext2 -> partition > > ext3 -> loop -> ext2 -> partition > > If I catch the point: > ext3 -> loop -> ext3 -> partition > should be OK (as long as second ext3 is in data orderd or journal) > Is that so? - I just joined this list: I'm running ext3 -> loop -> ext3 -> partition. I am not sure what mode I'm in - the default you get when you specify -j. (I read the manual on ext3 and it was too difficult to decide...). Anyway, it works fine. The ENCRYPTION-HOWTO complains that there is no way to change the password. I've found a way around this - create a random key (which will eventually be hashed into the crypto-key), and encrypt it with openssl (the command). I've written a few scripts to do this automatically, including one that sets up a whole crypto-loopback system (including makeine the underlying file) by itself. You can change the password for the encrypted passphrase using openssl. This is confusing - here's a diagram: Create random passphrase -> encrypt with openssl -> copy to a floppy,etc To mount it: Decrypt passphrase with openssl -> feed into losetup -> mount -t ... ... ... (these diagrams actually simplify things a lot - people should use them more) If this is of any possible use to anybody, I will post it somewhere. Scripts are written in bash, needs openssl, and the crypto stuff. Hopeing this might be useful to someone in some small way under a somewhat bizzare set of circumstances, Charlie Dyson - charlie@charliedyson.net > > -------- > Gian Piero Carzino > gcarzino@tiscali.it > - > Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
