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SubjectRe: Problem with Encryption
Oh Now I get:

[root@periscope mastersj]# losetup -e rc6 /dev/loop0 /dev/hdb4
Password :
ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument
[root@periscope mastersj]#


Marc Mutz wrote:

> 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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