On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 03:56, Thomas =?ISO-8859-1?Q? M=FCller ?= wrote: [..] > When I try to setup a loop device with encryption I > get the following error: > > # losetup -e aes /dev/loop0 ~/.crypto > Available keysizes (bits): 128 192 256 > Keysize: 128 > Password: > The cipher does not exist, or a cipher module needs to > be loaded into the kernel > ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument > # > > The file ~/.crypto was created before as described in > the howto. /proc/crypto/cipher/* proves that the aes > cipher is available: > > # ls /proc/crypto/cipher/ > aes-cbc aes-cfb aes-ctr aes-ecb aes-rtc > # > > The howto does not have any further advice. I really > thought I could finally start working with this - but > now I do not know what else to do. Can anybody please > help out? sure :-) do you have cryptoloop.o (CONFIG_CRYPTOLOOP) either compiled as module (and loaded via insmod/modprobe) or compiled statically into the kernel? regards, -- Herbert Valerio Riedel / Phone: (EUROPE) +43-1-58801-18840 Email: hvr@hvrlab.org / Finger hvr@gnu.org for GnuPG Public Key GnuPG Key Fingerprint: 7BB9 2D6C D485 CE64 4748 5F65 4981 E064 883F 4142
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