The kernel support seems to already be in place; you should see cryptoloop.o and the crypto drivers in your kernel modules. Rebuild util-linux and see what you get. On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 05:05, David Soroko wrote: > It seems that this approach requires a kernel patch. > > My feeling is that for for a casual user, one that > does not have the resources to tinker with the kernel every couple > of weeks, this is not a viable option. > > Is there a non kernel modifying solution? > Does anyone knows why Redhat choose not to support encryption in losetup? > > > >>From the source, losetup recognizes only "none", "xor" and "des". > >>I do not see how recompiling it, will change that. > > >You're right... Apparently you have to get a patch for util-linux from > >http://www.kerneli.org/index.php > > >http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cryptoapi/util-linux-2.11r.patch.bz2?download > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com> -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
