From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FCDAH-0004iM-SK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:53:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1N9qaJt017340; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:52:36 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1N9kYFD000143 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:46:35 GMT Received: from cubo.math.ist.utl.pt ([193.136.196.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FCD3S-0004Gt-6I for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:46:34 +0000 Received: from jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt (jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.112]) by cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id k1N9kWlu014146 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:46:32 GMT Received: (qmail 21989 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2006 09:46:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 23 Feb 2006 09:46:32 -0000 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:46:32 +0000 (WET) From: Jorge Almeida To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] LUKS Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 28b3ad1e-52e1-419f-9956-57ae8786e654 X-Archives-Hash: cbde9147ee8bfcb25957906fcbc90ce1 I've been giving LUKS a try. I setup an encrypted partition on an external HD. Running cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/external_hd1 external_hd1 a device file /dev/mapper/external_hd1 is created. I can mount it on /mnt/external_hd1 and it works as expected. Now, guess what happens if I run "cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/external_hd1 external_hd1" again? The file /dev/mapper/external_hd1 disappears (as if "cryptsetup luksClose external_hd1" were run). If /dev/mapper/external_hd1 was mounted on /mnt/external_hd1, it stays mounted. Otherwise, it seems like cryptsetup luksClose external_hd1... Confusing? -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list