On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:33 AM Alexey Kuznetsov <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 7:11 PM Adrien CLERC <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Le 08/03/2023 à 16:28, Alexey Kuznetsov a écrit :
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have an idea about how modern linux should work with encrypted LUKS
>> partitions.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using LUKS for a long time on both my personal (desktop) and
>> professional (laptop) computers. Since they are single user (me), I use
>> autologin in the display manager, lightdm in my case. Because there is only
>> one slot configured in LUKS, I'm sure this is me, so lightdm can autologin
>> safely.
>>
>> However, you are proposing to solve the case for multiple user computers.
>> In that case, I would think about a much simpler design:
>>
>> - Remember which slot was used to unlock the LUKS root partition
>>
>> - Make a map with slot -> user to autologin
>>
>> - Autologin that user on boot
>>
>> No more passing password, no more password update headache. But only a
>> root user can update the map "slot -> user".
>>
>> Adrien
>>
> Right. But you still have to remember passpharse and your main account
> password. This is not about autologin. This is about unlocking your machine
> LUKS with only login/password without having an additional passphrase to
> remember.
>

The reason you can not use Login/Password as the LUKS passphrase is because
The Passphrase can not be different for different users. The passphrase is
not simply a password but instead it is part of the key material used to
decrypt and encrypt.

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