Re: Cryptsetup FAQ montly pointer 8/13

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> Another option for reliably identifying the swap partition is to use
> /dev/disk/by-id/<identifier> to identify the drive by model and serial
> number.  For example, my own swap partition is
>
>     /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST95005620AS_5YX1NEGE-part5
>
> That should be safe unless I re-purpose that drive and forget to update
> /etc/crypttab.

I would suggest using UUID. It works in all cases (partition, raid,
lvm member etc).
My crypttab (encrypted swap/home):

luks-4dc17e23-e895-4e4b-8061-114fb33c310b
UUID=4dc17e23-e895-4e4b-8061-114fb33c310b none
luks-46969c48-ab1f-4bd7-bc2a-ae7c1bc86b26
UUID=46969c48-ab1f-4bd7-bc2a-ae7c1bc86b26 none

This was generated by fedora install.
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