Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Aug 1999 01:06:39 +0200 | From | Marc Mutz <> | Subject | Re: Problem with Encryption |
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Jonathan C. Masters wrote: > > Hi, > I've applied the International kernel patches for 2.2.10 but after > rebuilding losetup, I can't seem to mount a device correctly. Here's the > output: > > [root@periscope util-linux-2.9s]# losetup -e rc6 /dev/hdb4 /dev/loop0 > Password : > ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Input/output error # losetup -e rc6 /dev/loop0 /dev/hdb4; echo ':-)'.
> [root@periscope util-linux-2.9s]# > > I haven't previously set a password. Should I have set a password using > something else first? Any Ideas? > No. losetup hashes the Passphrase to create the key to {de,en}crypt the loop-dev. The Passphrase isn't stored anywhere.
Marc
-- Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com> http://marc.mutz.com/ University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH)
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