Bwahahahahaha there really is no end to your stupidity. Thanks for the
morning laugh.
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On Apr 28, 2009, at 7:37, Sebastian Rother
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:50:20 +0100
Jason McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 01:34:25AM +0200, Sebastian Rother wrote:
Please add the following to man softraid to enable others to get a
clue
how to encrypt a partition with sofraid.
ok, first off, please mail diffs in future. it takes 10 times
longer to
see what people want without a diff.
Yes, sorry Jason.
But I did not wanted to provide a diff because your phrasing is just
superior.
An example to create a encrypted partition from scratch is as
follows:
# disklabel -E sd0
Modify or create a partition you like to encrypt.
Set the FS TYPE to "RAID" instead of 4.2BSD.
Save the partition label and exit the interactive mode.
bioctl -c C -l /dev/sd0k softraid0
this seems to be the bit you are adding.
Yes
softraid(4) already tells people to use RAID for archs which
support it.
That is not the point. People do not figure out how to use it JUST for
a partition except a whole drive.
it is not a blanket thing - not all archs use it. the disklabel stuff
well, we expect people to know how to use disklabel anyway. if they
don;t, they can read the man page.
The method I descriped is NOT mentioned anywhere.
People have to assume that softraid just works with WHOLE disks.
Specialy for the encryption this is wrong so the manpage is
missleading.
It is not my point of view but I got already serval mails where people
ask me how to set up such a crypto partition.
And I wanna make it clearly: THEY DO NOT ASK because they simply
somehow fear the bullshit by Marco and other "awesome" bunnies with
comments like: "Do you pay me?" "Do it yourself?" "That is not a
supported way of using it" or even more rude things.
*rant*
I think if anybody else would for example mention the slow svnd write
speed Marco just would go b00m. But you've luck: Most people stfu and
go away... and Theo wonders about his income? Impressiv. :-)
*/rant*
your example doesn;t add anything that isn;t already there.
I encounter PERMANENT requests HOW to encrypt a SINGLE partition with
softraid. it is NOT mentioned in the manpage nor is it CLEAR for
everybody that changing the FS type to RAID will be the solution.
That's why I asked you briefly to add the example.
Don't be pissed Jasons but I post the solution at misc@ to inform
people who are not that creativ like you, marco and/or me about how to
use things. The average admin and co just would not try what I
suggested because it is not mentioned in the manpage.
So for everybody else and the LIST ARCHIVES and just to make things
clear for everybody not just OpenBSD developers:
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Either you have already created a partition you like to encrypt or you
create a partition during the following step:
disklabel -E wd0
Now either create (a %LETTER) or modify (m %LETTER) a partition.
Take care that the FS TYPE is NOT "4.2BSD" but "RAID".
After you did that please save the changes and leave the interactive
mode. You can now use bioctl to attach the partition to softraid:
bioctl -c C -l /dev/wd0%LETTER softraid0
After this step you can create a dislabel at sd0 or proceed how you
like. If you like to encrypt multiple HDDs or partitions you might
need
to add additional softraid devices by
modifying /usr/src/sys/conf/GENERIC and recompiling the kernel or
you do nerve Marco who created that piece of code.
Kind regards,
Sebastian
