Re: Root filesystem encryption update

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Hi.

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:07:33 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote

> Heck, for key maps there probably aren't so many that you can't try
> multiple possibilities after getting the password. The password
> prompts being in the wrong locale, might look ugly, but should be
> servicable. People using the grub menu have to deal with that now as
> far as I know.

Well, dmctypt for example does not validate your password. It just uses
it to decrypt the block device. If the password was wrong, well, you'll
get junk.

For the record, I use dmcrypt, but not on the root partition.

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