Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vacation

[Diego T. <dt...@co...>]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:28:10PM -0500, hz...@pr... wrote:

> I personally think it's a good idea to include it.
> We have to ensure that the new loop fs really is compatible with the old
> one.

yes, that's what i'm doing now. i'm facing a couple of problems. now that
loop is compiled as a module, it has to be included in the initrd image 
(for the normal bootup process). it's the first time i'm doing such a thing :)

> One thing has to be clear when you guys want to use a encrypted loop fs:
> you have to enter the password during bootup, otherwise it doesn't make any
> sense !

well, currently with a per-user encrypted home, the password is asked when the
user logs in. there is a small .bash_rc file that mounts the encrypted image
on the home directory, and umounts it when logging out.

> So if you guys want to include it, ensure all the above works fine with the
> current 1.1 series and then go ahead.

i'm testing it. i'll ask for help on a couple of days ;) btw, we need loop-AES
 v1.7 because it has the patches for the 2.4.22 kernel, and a small diff from 
loop-AES v2.0b to patch util-linux 2.12. hope that isn't a problem.

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