Anne Wilson wrote:
On Wednesday 09 April 2008 12:36:57 Andrew Farris wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
During install I was asked to give a password for encrypting the disk(s).
In the rawhide box there are two hard disks, and both were encrypted.
Did I get the chance to set different passwords for the two disks? I
can't remember. If I didn't, there isn't much sense in asking me for each
disk's password, but I wonder what circumstances are envisaged where you
might want different encryption on the two disks?
If you created them as separately encrypted filesystems then yes, you did
get the chance to set each password. If it is two disks or multiple
partitions using a single filesystem then no.
There is only one file-system on that box.
I could foresee having a separate filesystem for each user with different
encryption, for which you'd want to set the passwords differently. (ala
OSX's filevault home directories)
That makes sense. However, at the time I wrote my mind was on my
single-filesystem installation. It just doesn't feel sensible to have to
give the password twice in this case.
I do not have to enter my LUKS passphrase more than once for installations with
one filesystem. The default partitioning scheme, one LVM with root filesystem
and swap combined, and one separate /boot, only asks for my passphrase once.
Forgive the doubt but I'd like to see how your filesystems are configured if
you're being asked for the the passphrase twice.
I'm asked for it when / is mounted readonly, then it is not asked for when root
is remounted and it is not asked for when udev starts.
On the other hand, when I have a separate partition for root and for /home, both
encrypted separately, I'm asked for the passphrase once at readonly root mount,
then again when udev starts (when /home gets mounted).
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