Difference between revisions of "dmcrypt - open encrypted drive with key"
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 12 April 2013
configure you box to open the partition / disk using a key
example using gentoo
mybox home # vi /etc/conf.d/dmcrypt
added lines...
target=home source='/dev/sdb1' key='/root/hdpw'
- the following took a long time...
mybox home # dd if=/dev/random of=/root/hdpw
bs=1 count=512
512+0 records in
512+0 records out
512 bytes (512 B) copied, 2821.2 s, 0.0 kB/s
mybox home # chmod 400 /root/hdpw
mybox home # cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sdb1 /root/hdpw Enter any passphrase:
All done, test with a reboot.
