Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Aug 1999 21:01:44 +0100 | From | "Jonathan C. Masters" <> | Subject | Re: Problem with Encryption |
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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) > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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