On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 06:22:10PM +0200, Henrik Holst wrote: > Hello, > > Why does LUKS allow for more than one password? Does anyone use more > than one? How/why do you use it? Do you take any security measures to > avoid the entire LUKS header to be copied? > > I'm just interested in the usage in this feature since I have found no > need for it, and have problem to imagine any practical need for it > either. (But that does not mean much. :-)) The useua reason is that more than one person needs to have access without sharing their respective passwords. Typical scenario is recovery if, e.g., the sysadmin becomes unavailable, the internal revision wants a look without the sysadmin knowing, the syadamin forgets his/her password and the like. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dipl. Inform., CISSP --- CSG, ETH Zurich, wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans Windows is the "under-3" toy of the OS world. -- Matthew D. Fuller --------------------------------------------------------------------- - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
