On Wednesday 02 September 2009 19:20:47 Ariel Laganá wrote: > I have lenny installed on a PC in which I'm trying to use an > encrypted swap partition with LUKS, but I want to use a keyfile > instead of a passphrase to unlock it. > > I've created a 256bits random key: > > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/root/swapcrypt bs=1 count=256 > > But when I try to format the partition and set the default keyfile, > the --key-file parameter is ignored and I'm asked for a passphrase. > This is how I'm doing it (sda2 is my swap partition): > > cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda2 --key-file=/root/swapcrypt > --key-slot=0 > > Am I missing something or is there anything I'm doing wrong?
Please take a look into the cryptsetup manpage to find the following: cryptsetup <options> <action> <action args> and luksFormat <device> [<key file>] initializes a LUKS partition and sets the initial key, either via prompting or via <key file>. <options> can be [--cipher, --verify-passphrase, --key-size, --key-slot]. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
