Christian wrote: > my installed version of util-linux is 2.12-72. There is a file called > loop-AES-v2.0f-util-linux-2.12.diff in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/. Can I > use this one, or should I use a newer version? Where do I get it and how > do I avoid messing up with YaST? I haven't looked at SuSE 9.1 patches, but that patch will most likely work ok. Latest version is in latest loop-AES package: http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ > There also is a README.loop-AES-v2.0f.SuSE file saying that "to enhance > the feature of mount, umount, losetup, swapon and swapoff we have > included the patch to util-linux-2.12 from Jari Ruusu's loop-AES > package". Does that mean that I don't have to patch anything? If losetup man page says it supports -K option, and that -K option description mentions multi-key mode, then your util-linux is most likely already patched with loop-AES' multi-key support, and you can use it without patching. > Also, after the make command I cannot find any loop.o or loop.ko file. That is strange. Please post output of "ls -l" of loop-AES build directory. > My kernel version is 2.6.5-7.95. Does it matter in which directory I > execute "make" and "make tests"? Like this: cd /usr/src tar xvjf loop-AES-v2.1b.tar.bz2 cd loop-AES-v2.1b make make tests > And how do I verify for sure which kernel has been loaded? (I'm asking > this beause even after choosing my new compiled kernel at the grub boot > menu, the last line before login says that the default kernel was loaded > - if this is a bug, how do I fix it?) Run command: uname -a > P.S. Does a patched gnupg make sense even if my passphrase is composed > of over 20 quite alleatory characters? Yes, patched gpg is better. -- Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
