First, it may be easier for everyone to follow along if a working wiki is
posted. I have made some changes to the document I have which I think improve
it, but have not posted those changes anywhere that they can be seen. I've
also "wiki-ized" the document so it will be very easy to put it on the CentOS
wiki.
I agree that the article should be in the HowTo section. As for combining the
two documents, I think it can go either way. I think that whether or not they
are combined should be determined by consensus. If I were voting, I would vote
to keep the documents separate primarily because of what I think a HowTo should
be. In my mind, a HowTo should allow someone who knows nothing about the topic
to follow a series of instructions with minimal decision making required during
the process and end with a functioning system. Perhaps others disagree with
that type of cookie-cutter document.
The fundamental difference between the two methods has to do with the disk
partitioning scheme. The proposed document would guide the reader to have a
disk with 2 disk partitions, /boot and everything else. This method does not
require the use of /etc/crypttab. In fact, the final product from the method
of the proposed document would be analogous to adding a bios password to the
computer and all other workings of the OS remain unchanged.
I'm interested to hear whether or not others think this difference is
significant enough to keep the documents separate.
the new guy
> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:05:06 +0200
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CentOS-docs] potential wiki on encryption
>
> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > One question: How would your article differ from
> >
> > <http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/EncryptedFilesystem>?
> >
> > I haven't read your forum post, yet.
>
> Okay, now I see it. Will Mr. Paul Heinlein (if he is still reading here)
> please speak up?
>
> I think it would be best to extend this article (if possible) and to
> move it from TipsAndTricks to the HowTo section.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ralph
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