-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 holy cow, what was I thinking when I wrote this?
I hope the original post was understandable, but here is the corrected version Sorry for the repost folks Cheers Pedro On Wednesday 28 August 2002 00:44, Pedro Diaz Jimenez wrote: > Hi, > > [Probably not related much to your problems, but you might find it > interesting] > > If all you want is file system encryption you can try the loop-AES patch > http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ > > I used it for a long time on my laptop and it's been perfectly usable > (stable, fast to some excent, no compilation problems when upgrading kernels, etc..). > It uses the AES cryptosystem, of proven strength . The > compilation/instalation procedure is quite easy, also > > Cheers > Pedro > > On Tuesday 27 August 2002 23:11, Jeff wrote: > > I've decided to learn how to setup an encrypted filesystem using the > > cryptoloop method and I'm having troubles getting my kernal source > > patched correctly. I've read the "Loopback Encrypted Filesystem > > HOWTO", but it's outdated. Here are a number of patches for kernel > > 2.4.18 and I'm confused as to which one(s) to use. > > > > I've patched using patch-int-2.4.18.2.bz2 successfully, but my > > compile fails at the cryptoloop part. > > > > I've tried using the "make patch-kernel ..." to patch with > > cryptoloop-0.0.1-pre1.tar.gz and cryptoapi-0.1.0-rc1.tar.gz, both of > > which failed: > > > > root # cd /usr/src/cryptoloop-0.0.1-pre1 > > root # make patch-kernel KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt > > LOOP=iv > > cp -pf /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/Rules.make . > > rm -f arch/ > > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/arch . > > rm -f include/ > > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/include . > > make -f Makefile.modules KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt version > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/cryptoloop-0.0.1-pre1' > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cryptoloop-0.0.1-pre1' > > cd patches && ./findpatch.pl /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt iv > > patching file linux-2.4.16/drivers/block/loop.c > > patching file linux-2.4.16/include/linux/loop.h > > cp: cannot stat > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/crypto/drivers/Config.in': No such file > > or directory > > /bin/sh: /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/crypto/drivers/Config.in: No such > > file or directory > > `cryptoloop.c' -> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/crypto/drivers' > > cp: accessing `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/crypto/drivers/Makefile': > > Not a directory > > make: *** [patch-kernel] Error 1 > > > > and... > > > > root # cd /usr/src/cryptoapi-0.1.0-rc1 > > root # make patch-kernel KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt > > LOOP=iv > > cp -pf /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/Rules.make . > > rm -f arch/ > > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/arch . > > rm -f include/ > > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/include . > > make -f Makefile.modules KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt version > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/cryptoapi-0.1.0-rc1' > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cryptoapi-0.1.0-rc1' > > touch check.stamp > > cp -R kernel/crypto /usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt > > cp: cannot overwrite non-directory > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18_crypt/crypto/drivers' with directory > > `kernel/crypto/drivers' > > make: *** [patch-kernel] Error 1 > > > > I'm googling and looking at all the docs in the patches, but I'm not > > finding clear answers yet. > > > > If someone can shed some light on which patch(es) I need and the order > > I need to apply them, and any other important pieces I'd really > > appreciate it. > > > > thanks, > > jc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9bAp0nu53feEYxlERAhSPAJ9iFr4U3kqb6v0kxXqXkWx32cmJtQCguFy5 gaqnLHehw9wBADz486apFxQ= =Mu5m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
