On Sun, July 26, 2015 19:02, ilf wrote: > Cryptsetup currently allows "LUKS UUID in the format UUID=<uuid>. > Translation to real device name uses symlinks in /dev/disk/by-uuid > directory", as quoted from man/cryptsetup.8. > > Is there a reason why other persistent block device naming schemes are > not supported? I for one would love to use by-id, "a unique name > depending on the hardware serial number": > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Persistent_block_device_naming#by-id_and_by-path > > I am aware of the difference addressing hardware and LUKS header, but in > my use case, I actually *do* want to address hardware in crypttab at al. > Since you want to use crypttab anyway, is there any particular reason not to use /dev/disk/by-id/<identifier>? As UUID=<uuid> needs proper symlinks anyway, it is rather a handy shorthand at the commandline. > Thanks, and keep up the good work! > > -- > ilf > -Sven _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
