Re: how to label encrypted partitions?

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Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2007 schrieb ext Harald Dunkel:

> Would it be possible to get support for labels in dm_crypt/
> cryptsetup, maybe combined with hotplug support to make the
> label appear in /dev/disk/by-label ?

Labels are put on filesystems, not partitions.

> This would allow to run cryptsetup without having to mess
> around with dmesg and /proc/partitions to find the next
> device name of the encrypted USB stick.

Write a udev rule to give it a unique name, like /dev/usb/stick.

HTH...

	Dirk
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