True, I forgot about that. And AFAIK there's no standard tools for mlocking in scripts. Regards -Sven On Fri, December 26, 2014 17:51, Arno Wagner wrote: > > This may not be such a good idea. If you are unlucky, the > variable content may end up in swap. My guess would be that > the probability is low though. > > Arno > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 07:49:40 CET, Sven Eschenberg wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You could use STDIN to pipe the value of $var into cryptsetup, if that >> fits your needs. See man page on password processing to make sure you >> don't hit any surprises. >> >> Regards >> >> -Sven >> >> >> On Fri, December 26, 2014 03:47, Jian-Ming Zheng wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I want to write a script to add a new key to LUKS device /dev/sda2. As >> > I know, I can set the new key in a key file (for example, >> > new-key-file) and use the key file in the option. For example, >> > >> > $ cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sda2 new-key-file >> > >> > Can I add a new key from a variable defined in my script (for example, >> > $newkey) instead of using a key file? >> > >> > Thanks >> > _______________________________________________ >> > dm-crypt mailing list >> > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx >> > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dm-crypt mailing list >> dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx >> http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > > -- > Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx > GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D > 9718 > ---- > A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato > > 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 > _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
