On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 02:48:52PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 06:31 +0100, Jean-Michel Pour?? - GOOZE wrote: > > I would like to encrypt a whole system using dm-crypt. The problem is > > that I have to run pcsc prior to mounting partitions. But then pcsc will > > need access to libraries, which need to be on a mounted partition. > > > > Is there a way around? > > Simply include all required stuff (binaries libraries, etc) in the > initramfs image. > > The (actually booting) kernel and initramfs image need to be unencrypted > anyways. > > E.g. Debian brings you nice tools to include something in initramfs > images + its (library)dependencies (copy_exec). An alternative would also be a static compile with the library functions in the executable. That can be a bit painful to do at thimes though and the executable will be pretty large. You will also need to the the static libraries for that, AFAIK. 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
