Hey Josh, On 16/03/2011 Josh Triplett wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:32:47AM +0100, Harald Jenny wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:31:33AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > Package: cryptsetup > > > Version: 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1 > > > Followup-For: Bug #502772 > > > > > > reopen 502772 > > > retitle 502772 Associate usernames with passphrases; provide username > > > associated with passphrase used > > > thanks > > > > > > This bug report seems to have gotten closed based on an incorrect > > > interpretation of the original report. Reopening, retitling, and > > > re-requesting. > > > > > > The report makes the reasonable request that since an encrypted > > > filesystem can have multiple passphrases associated with it, those > > > passphrases could have associated usernames. Cryptsetup could then use > > > the passphrase provided to look up the associated username, and provide > > > that username to later phases of the boot process somehow, such as to > > > GDM to allow it to select that username for autologin. Thus, the user > > > would enter their passphrase to decrypt the disk, and not need to > > > subsequently log in with a username and password. > > > > > > That seems like a reasonable request, and it should not impact system > > > security in any way. > > > > > > - Josh Triplett > > > > you may also want to check libpam-mount if this suits your needs (although > > it > > requires some config on the machine). > > That only applies in the case of an encrypted user home directory, not > an encrypted root partition.
as already written, tokentube (sf.net/project/tokentube) might be, what you're looking for. for sure, I meant to rephrase this bugreport into an RFP (request for packaging), not ITP (intend to package). See the page about work-needing and prospective packages at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information. greetings, jonas
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