On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 08:47:49AM +0100, Ludwig Nussel wrote: > Ludwig Nussel wrote: > > There's no way to determine whether e.g. the keymap on the console is > > the same as in X. Ie a key with umlauts added in an xterm may not be > > usable during boot. So when using e.g. an encrypted root partition > > users could lock themselves out. So I wonder whether a patch like > > the following would be acceptable? > > Any opinions? I think this is the wrong approach. Having a warning prominently in the man-page is better. Although an option to echo input back at the user, clearly marked "debug only" in man-page and --help output would occasionally be useful. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx 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 If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
