Re: Encrytped root with "mount-slusky"?

[Ben Slusky <sluskyb@paranoiacs.org>]

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 23:18:58 -0600, Boyd Waters wrote:
> So I need something like Jari's lomount patch, which expands the getpass
> ~ functions in lomount to call GPG (with the --no-tty option, and using
> xgetpass).
> 
> Is there some way to merge the two approaches? Or to use your approach
> with GPG that I am missing?

Looking over Jari's patch, it seems that

gpg --homedir /mnt/usb/.gnupg --batch \
  --no-tty --passphrase-fd 0 -q \
  -d /mnt/usb/.gnupg/hard-disk-keyfile.gpg |
  losetup -e twofish-cbc-128 -p 0 /dev/loop/5 $DATA

ought to work. Or do I misunderstand what you're trying to accomplish?

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