Bug#656710: partman-crypto: Preseeding the passphrase

2014-07-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi everyone, On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:23:28AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > I have been using this patch in Kali (on top of wheezy's > partman-crypto), it would be nice to have this patch merged in time > for Jessie. > > Dimitrijs, Max or Christian? (You ar listed in Uploaders) Two things co

Re: [rfc] Dropping loop-aes from d-i

2010-03-31 Thread Max Vozeler
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 01:10:57PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 31 March 2010, Max Vozeler wrote: > > a couple of factors which make me consider dropping support for > > loop-aes from d-i (mostly partman-crypto). > > So what should people now use for encrypted sw

[rfc] Dropping loop-aes from d-i

2010-03-31 Thread Max Vozeler
Hey all, a couple of factors which make me consider dropping support for loop-aes from d-i (mostly partman-crypto). - No binary module debs (and therefore udebs) available after the removal of linux-modules-extra. - Root on loop-aes gets little testing these days; I don't use it myself

Bug#547731: Please include b43 in nic-wireless-modules

2009-09-22 Thread Max Vozeler
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:58:35PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > Seems reasonable to include b43 in nic-wireless-modules. I checked the changes this implies with 2.6.30-1-amd64: - Depends on two other modules: rng-core, ssb - Installed-Size of nic-wireless-modules grows by 292k total -

Bug#547939: installation-reports: is the encryption key size in bits or bytes?

2009-09-22 Thread Max Vozeler
reassign 547939 partman-crypto severity 547939 wishlist thanks Hi Marc, On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 07:03:40PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > when installing cryptography, one can choose whether the encryption > key for a partition is 128, 192 or 256 big. Is this bits or bytes? The key sizes are in bits

[PATCH] warn about boot from ext4 with no bootloader support

2009-09-21 Thread Max Vozeler
=== --- partman-ext3/debian/changelog (revision 60823) +++ partman-ext3/debian/changelog (working copy) @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ partman-ext3 (59) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + [ Colin Watson ] * Upgrade to debhelper v7. + [ Max Vozeler

Bug#541823: installation-reports: Acer Aspire 3690

2009-09-21 Thread Max Vozeler
mongst the 2000(?) other reports. To highlight the remaining issue: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:16:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:03:57 +0200 > Max Vozeler wrote: > > > > 5) The showstopper: I installed the entire system (except > > > > for /bo

Bug#541823: installation-reports: Acer Aspire 3690

2009-09-21 Thread Max Vozeler
clone 541823 -1 reassign -1 kernel-wedge retitle -1 Please include b43 in nic-wireless-modules thanks > > 3) AFAICT, the installer kernel doesn't include b43. Why? I understand > > that > > we can't ship non-free firmware, but why not include the driver for those > > of us > > who are able an

Bug#541823: installation-reports: Acer Aspire 3690

2009-09-21 Thread Max Vozeler
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:16:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:03:57 +0200 > Max Vozeler wrote: > > Any chance you could retry the installation with a current image > > and try to reproduce it there? I do realize this may not be > > possibl

Bug#541823: installation-reports: Acer Aspire 3690

2009-09-21 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Celejar, On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:04:00AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > 4) I was unable to delete a LUKS encrypted disk that I had created on a > > partition. The installer refused to delete the partition since it was used > > by > > the encrypted disk, but it also apparently offered

Re: UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-09-02 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Guido, On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 01:32:42PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote: > What's the reasoning for using UUID= instead of /dev/disk/by-uuid/ in > fstab? Non udev systems? I wanted to research this question, took me a bit. The non-udev case you mentioned is the only reason I could make out for

Bug#543786: partman-auto-raid: having to name devices explicitly is clumsy

2009-09-02 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Colin, On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 02:12:55PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 02:53:56PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:09:47PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Attached is a patch which introduces new syntax, looking like th

Bug#543786: partman-auto-raid: having to name devices explicitly is clumsy

2009-08-28 Thread Max Vozeler
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:09:47PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Attached is a patch which introduces new syntax, looking like this: > Any comments? I think this is a noticeable improvement, so I'll commit > it next week or so if there are no objections. ENOPATCH. :-) The concept sounds good to m

Re: Keymap problems in D-I (was: Re: Bugs in the latest Debian Sid installer)

2009-08-23 Thread Max Vozeler
Christian, On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 08:29:44PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: ... Thanks and repect for reacting in such a calm way. Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

[REMINDER] Installer Team meeting today 20:00 UTC

2009-08-17 Thread Max Vozeler
Hello everyone, On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 09:23:54AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Given our current schedule, a team meetign hould happen on August 17th. [...] > If there are enough people around, it would be good to have a meeting, > still, as many things happened since the last one (live at D

Bug#541115: busybox: No longer creates tty[1-4] devices on s390

2009-08-15 Thread Max Vozeler
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 09:56:43PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > It looks like busybox also causes a failure on i386. > > If I boot a daily mini.iso, the boot hangs when executing the last line > from /sbin/init: > exec /usr/sbin/chroot . /bin/busybox init /dev/console 2>&1 I'm seeing this also on a

Re: UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-08-12 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 04:03:38PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > If there is rough concensus about this, I would go ahead and make > the change to use /dev/mapper in partman-target. OK, it seem there is consensus. (last chance to protest! :) ) I have committed the attached change to partman-

Re: UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-08-08 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, Attempt to summarize the discussion so far (please correct): 1) We should use /dev/mapper/ paths rather than UUID in the fstab entries for all device mapper devices. 2) For some type of device mapper devices (multipath), using the /dev/disk/by-id/ symlinks would be better th

Re: [pkg-cryptsetup-devel] UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-08-07 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Jonas, On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 05:01:30PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: > i suggest to go the same way for all device-mapper devices. at least the > same argument (stable device names and more descriptive) holds for all > of them. so i don't see a reason why to treat lvm devices different > from d

Re: UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-08-07 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Guido, On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 05:15:06PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote: > > we recently changed d-i (partman-target, to be precise) to use > > UUIDs in fstab in order to get stable device naming. > So you're using /dev/disk/by-uuid/ in /etc/fstab? Just plain UUID=. From a recent test install:

UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-08-07 Thread Max Vozeler
[Resend to @packages.debian.org] Hello fellow maintainers, we recently changed d-i (partman-target, to be precise) to use UUIDs in fstab in order to get stable device naming. Currently UUIDs are used for all devices except - /dev/fd* - cryptsetup mappings - those specified by explicit /dev/

UUID in fstab for device mapper devices?

2009-08-07 Thread Max Vozeler
Hello fellow maintainers, we recently changed d-i (partman-target, to be precise) to use UUIDs in fstab in order to get stable device naming. Currently UUIDs are used for all devices except - /dev/fd* - cryptsetup mappings - those specified by explicit /dev/disk/by-* paths Since then, we co

Re: [PATCH 2/4] easy-build.sh: use getopts instead of rolling our own option parsing.

2009-08-07 Thread Max Vozeler
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 02:05:52PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 07 August 2009, Ian Campbell wrote: > > +while getopts d:h OPT ; do > > Is getopts also supported in dash? Yes, and in POSIX. > Maybe it would be good to also support --help if -h is added. getopts can't do longoptions. I'd

Re: [RFC] rootcmd for d-i Makefile

2009-07-30 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 01:27:41PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Max Vozeler wrote: > > I've been using this change locally for a few days. It > > allows to just do make as a regular user without having > > to remember to call it wit

Re: Automatic partition setup in partman-{lvm,md,crypto}

2009-07-30 Thread Max Vozeler
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 07:47:14PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Otavio told me that you and he and Joey had agreed it would be a good > idea to upload what we have in trunk now and refine from there. Your > patches look basically along the right lines - I'll review them when I > have a chance ...

Bug#539228: partman freezes with encrypted partitions

2009-07-29 Thread Max Vozeler
severity 539228 important thanks Hello, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:43:04AM +0200, da jedall wrote: > When i try to install debian squeeze on usb key (netinstall) > and when i try to create installation over encrypted fs in partman,partman > reload and freeze at 52% of loading. > The installation

Re: Kernel BoF, 29th July

2009-07-29 Thread Max Vozeler
Maks, On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:51:04PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > even more if it is loop-aes which show a long history of > hostily of the module owner versus linux-2.6 upstream. That's not true. There are several reasons why loop-AES has not been merged upstream, and has very little

[RFC] rootcmd for d-i Makefile

2009-07-26 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, I've been using this change locally for a few days. It allows to just do make as a regular user without having to remember to call it with fakeroot. --- a/installer/build/Makefile +++ b/installer/build/Makefile @@ -95,9 +95,13 @@ include config/dir export KEYRING export KERNELVERSION

[PATCH 2/2] partman: Add partman_list_allowed() and use it in -crypto, -lvm, -md

2009-07-26 Thread Max Vozeler
From: Max Vozeler Consolidates identical code. [Not yet tested, only for review.] --- packages/partman/partman-base/lib/base.sh | 33 ++ packages/partman/partman-crypto/lib/crypto-base.sh | 36 +--- packages/partman/partman-lvm/lib/lvm-base.sh

[PATCH 1/2] partman: Add ask_active_partition to lib/base.sh

2009-07-26 Thread Max Vozeler
From: Max Vozeler This replaces shared code in partman-base, -crypto and -partitioning. The only non-mechanical change is the one to partman-partitioning, which would change the behaviour in case we have a bug somewhere that makes us not clear the state of a deleted partition. [Not yet tested

Re: Automatic partition setup in partman-{lvm,md,crypto}

2009-07-26 Thread Max Vozeler
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 02:58:12PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Talking through this with Max Vozeler identified several problems that > I'd still like to fix: > > * There are several common chunks of code that should be moved into >partman-base. I think I'll b

Bug#531572: backport of mkswap UUID support from git

2009-07-21 Thread Max Vozeler
opy) @@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ version.patch init-console.patch strip.patch +mkswap-uuid.patch Index: trunk/debian/changelog === --- trunk/debian/changelog (revision 59555) +++ trunk/debian/changelog (working copy) @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ [ Otavio Salvador ]

Bug#515249: installation-reports: Various issues on IBM Power5 (lvm, multipath, yaboot.conf)

2009-07-19 Thread Max Vozeler
severity 515249 normal clone 515249 -1 retitle -1 manual: Mention console=hvc0 for ppc? reassign -1 installation-guide thanks On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:49:36AM +, Paul McEnery wrote: > Comments/Problems: > > Initial boot: Maybe not soe much an error, I had to specify the > cons

Debian installer session at Debcamp

2009-06-14 Thread Max Vozeler
During Debcamp this year, people interested in the installer will meet to work and have a fun time together. We will be extra happy to have both new people and oldtimers take part! There is a wiki page for this year's Installer session at Debcamp which already contains some ideas and plans from

Bug#530904: calls udevinfo which no longer exists

2009-06-01 Thread Max Vozeler
abs, newlines, and backslashes in fstab according to the procedure described in getmntent(3) (LP: #38224). @@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ * Fix proper_mountpoints check to cope with mountpoints containing commas. * Use block-attr from di-utils 1.68. + [ Max Vozeler ] + * Use udevadm instead of ud

Log from the D-I team meeting of May 18th 2009

2009-05-18 Thread Max Vozeler
The meeting log is now available on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Meetings (Trying to fill in for our regular and all-time favourite coordinator bubulle who couldn't attend today. :-) ) Next meeting will be in two weeks time, on the 1st of June 20:00 UTC. Max -- To UNSUBS

Bug#425648: Fixed in QEMU Subversion repository

2009-05-18 Thread Max Vozeler
reassign 425648 qemu tags 425648 - wontfix thanks Reassigning from grub-installer to qemu. On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:17:08PM +0100, Håkon Stordahl wrote: > Hello. This problem appears to be the result of a bug in QEMU that > have been fixed in the Subversion repository, as the following log > me

Bug#529363: grub-installer: make sure grub-pc gets used when ext4 is chosen

2009-05-18 Thread Max Vozeler
; urgency=low + [ Colin Watson ] * Make findfs use the last of any mounts found, in case there's more than one due to pilot error in the partitioner (LP: #289101). + [ Max Vozeler ] + * Use grub2 when ext4 is chosen (closes: #529363). + -- Colin Watson Thu, 14 May 2009 13:

Re: status persistent naming of devices for disks

2009-05-18 Thread Max Vozeler
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:51:02PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > There were some commits related to this AFAIR, though it's unclear what > the exact status is. > > Is it time to start testing or are there still some issues left? Just one bit I noticed: partman-target (60) UNRELEASED needs an upload.

Re: The future of the D-I team

2009-02-28 Thread Max Vozeler
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:49:58PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Now that the lenny release is over, I think it's time for all of us to > gather and discuss what the D-I team currently is and what should be > done for the lenny->squeeze release cycle (not technically speaking > but first more o

Bug#517471: ability to configure the random key encryption of tmp partitions during installaion

2009-02-28 Thread Max Vozeler
reassign 517471 partman-crypto thanks On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 06:25:23PM -0500, M. McGowan wrote: > It is possible to encrypt loop-aes and dm-crypt tmp (like /tmp or > /var/tmp) partitions with a random key at boot time, but the Debian > installer will not configure this. The installer will only c

Please unblock loop-aes-utils 2.13.1-4

2008-08-22 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi release team, please unblock loop-aes-utils 2.13.1-4; the only change in -4 is an RC bugfix. CCing -boot because it includes an udeb. Max > Closes: 495682 > Changes: > loop-aes-utils (2.13.1-4) unstable; urgency=low > . >* patches/losetup_add_option_f.dpatch: > - Added to

Re: [RFC] Some love for partman-md

2008-05-31 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 03:56:24PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 03:35:42PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > I just remember there was indeed one odd thing: After I > > > finished partitioning the mdcfg dialog came up again. Not > > > sure what was

Re: [RFC] Some love for partman-md

2008-05-31 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 03:35:42PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > I just remember there was indeed one odd thing: After I > > finished partitioning the mdcfg dialog came up again. Not > > sure what was happening there. > > That would be a major bug! I could reproduce it. It seems mdcfg

Re: [RFC] Some love for partman-md

2008-05-31 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 02:59:51PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > Things explicitly not tested: > > - Inactive/deactiveated RAID devices - I didn't know >how to test it. > > - RAID on crypto (not a useful setup, or is it?) Also untested: - partman-auto-rai

Re: [RFC] Some love for partman-md

2008-05-31 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 02:59:51PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > It correctly recovered from partman restarts, retained > crypto configuration after configuring RAID and is > currently installing the base system. > > I'll send an update once qemu is finished ;-) Addendum: The

Re: [RFC] Some love for partman-md

2008-05-31 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:52:39PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > Note that I haven't actually tested the changes so far > but I'm planning to do a few test installs later today. I got around to testing it just now. I used the following netboot mini.iso with -base, -md

Re: [RFC] Some love for partman-md

2008-05-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Jérémy, > Attached you will find an attempt to do so. The changeset is only broke > down in two patches: > * The first is a bit invasive (partman-md, partman-base, mdcfg) and >improve globally the way MD devices are initialized and from my tests >fix 10 bugs at ounce (counting merged

Bug#478598: partman-crypto: make clearer that changing method resets defaults

2008-05-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 07:23:32PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > What about this patch for partman-crypto.templates? > > @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ _Description: Encryption method: > Template: partman-crypto/crypto_type > Type: select > Choices: ${CHOICES} > # :sl3: > _Description: Encryption m

Re: Bug#482092: XTS and LRW mode of operation

2008-05-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Alberto, On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:41:19PM +0200, Alberto wrote: > Please add aes-lrw-benbi and aes-xts-plain to the list of available > mode of operation. XTS is the upcoming standard. Thanks for the suggestion. I think offering those modes in partman-crypto is very desirable. Before we ca

Re: [PATCH] Enable partman-crypto to work with keys on removable devices

2008-05-24 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi David, On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 08:02:28PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote: > In the "setup encrypted volumes" stage of partman, the user will be > given a list of partitions known to partman and after selecting one, a > path must be entered. If that file already exists on the device, it will > b

Re: [PATCH] Enable partman-crypto to work with keys on removable devices

2008-05-19 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi David, On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 08:02:28PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote: > after a long hiatus I decided to do some d-i hacking again. Good to see you back. ... > My d-i knowledge is rusty so a review of the patch would be much > appreciated. (I've also been out of the loop wrt. d-i developme

Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-06 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 05:50:34PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 04 May 2008, Max Vozeler wrote: > > Patch attached - > > Hmm. Should the string not also be changed in the templates and .c code of > cdebconf-entropy for all frontends? Yep, you are right. Other is

Re: [PATCH] cdebconf: Fix build of ncurses,bogl,slang frontends

2008-05-06 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Jérémy, On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:15:15PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:25:47PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > > They need to be adapted to the changed API for q_get_* etc. > > > > The attached patch should be obviously correct and safe to apply

Re: Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-06 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:24:21PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 01:43:20AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > Looks like the "Continue" button becomes active automatically after enough > > entropy has been gathered (same dialog remains displayed, but its text > > changes and the

Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-04 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:19:19PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:12:05PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > > > > I think that having a "Go back" button to break off the process of > > > > gathering entropy would make more sense. &g

Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-04 Thread Max Vozeler
tags 478591 + patch thanks On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:45:22PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 03 May 2008, Max Vozeler wrote: > > How do we go about changing the string? Should we ask for review > > from -l10n-english first? > > IMO not needed. It would be good to pos

[PATCH] cdebconf: Fix *_can_align() signatures to match the prototype

2008-05-04 Thread Max Vozeler
@@ [ Max Vozeler ] * src/modules/frontend/{ncurses,slang,bogl}: Adapt to API changes made in cdebconf 0.129 - q_get_*() and question_get_value(). + * Fix *_can_align() function signatures to match the prototype. -- Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:40 +0200 d

Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-04 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:12:05PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > > > I think that having a "Go back" button to break off the process of > > > gathering entropy would make more sense. > > > > This could still be useful. > > Agreed here too. I'll c

[PATCH] cdebconf: Fix build of ncurses,bogl,slang frontends

2008-05-04 Thread Max Vozeler
t;= 2.02). + [ Max Vozeler ] + * src/modules/frontend/{ncurses,slang,bogl}: Adapt to API changes made in +cdebconf 0.129 - q_get_*() and question_get_value(). + -- Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:40 +0200 cdebconf (0.130) unstable; urgency=low Index: src/modules/fr

Bug#478598: partman-crypto: problems with using random keys

2008-05-03 Thread Max Vozeler
Hey Frans, On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:56:31PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 03 May 2008, Max Vozeler wrote: > > When you select "Random key" for loop-AES, the actual keys > > are generated from /dev/urandom by mount or swapon. We don't > > use cdebcon

Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-03 Thread Max Vozeler
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 01:40:21AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > > I would suggest to replace it with a different dialog (that is possibly > > displayed at a later point in the code) that simply says: > > The random key has been created successfully. >

Bug#478591: cdebconf-entropy: Dialog texts and buttons

2008-05-03 Thread Max Vozeler
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 01:43:20AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > > Is the "Continue" button defined at all? What happens if it is clicked? > > Does it even make sense to have a "Continue" button? It would effectively > > leave the installer with insufficie

Bug#478598: partman-crypto: problems with using random keys

2008-05-03 Thread Max Vozeler
Hey there Frans, On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 01:04:35AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > make the swap partition use loop-aes with random key. > > "Correct" method: > - select the swap partition > - choose Use as: physical volume for encryption > - choose Encryption method: Loopback > - choose Encryption ke

Bug#475399: partman-crypto: fails to configure multiple encrypted devices

2008-04-14 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Jérémy, On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:16:35AM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:11:48AM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:58:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > The first volumes were loop-aes with random key. The last one was

Bug#475399: partman-crypto: fails to configure multiple encrypted devices

2008-04-13 Thread Max Vozeler
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:58:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > The first volumes were loop-aes with random key. The last one was with gnupg > key file. While configuring the last, partman and the debconf frontend > crashed. That crash is caused by an API and ABI change in cdebconf 0.129: -char *q

Re: [RFC] entropy plugin rework + support for the graphical installer

2008-03-28 Thread Max Vozeler
Hey Jérémy, On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:27:50PM +0100, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:42:24PM +0100, Max Vozeler wrote: > > The implementation looks fine from a quick glance. Please > > feel free to add integrate it into cdebconf-entropy when > >

Re: r51921 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-crypto: debian finish-install.d

2008-03-14 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:34:58PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > Log: > > Regenerate the initramfs for root on loop-AES. > [...] > > +++ trunk/packages/partman/partman-crypto/finish-install.d/05crypto > [...] > > Couldn't this be done in post-base-installer.d instead so there is no need

Bug#470951: grub-installer: serial console broken for words!=8 and flow control

2008-03-14 Thread Max Vozeler
Max Index: grub-installer/debian/changelog === --- grub-installer/debian/changelog (Revision 51918) +++ grub-installer/debian/changelog (Arbeitskopie) @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ [ Guido Guenther ] * Add multipath support modelled after dmra

Re: cdebconf-entropy plugin: usage, templates and strings

2008-03-13 Thread Max Vozeler
Hey Jérémy, On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 01:44:45PM +0100, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > The first plugin to be written, obviously, is the graphical sibling to > the plugin gathering entropy, used in partman-crypto. The code for this > plugin was actually written while working on the rest of the GTK+ > front

Bug#456154: debian-installer: amd64 re-boot fails due to missing /etc/crypttab

2007-12-14 Thread Max Vozeler
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 10:54:44AM +0100, Torsten Neumann wrote: > The setup I tried is a md setup with everything crypted except /boot .. > Examining the install I found out that there was only an empty > /etc/crypttab, adding the entry for /dev/md1 manually I could mount > all the devices and the

Re: Partman reorganization - day 2

2007-12-07 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 05:55:52PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > [1] Commit log entry: > Dynamically load support for LVM and crypto > > Only load components for LVM and crypto support when there is > sufficient free memory. For crypto this only loads base support > componen

Re: Partman reorganization - day 1

2007-12-07 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 09:59:29PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > I also committed this change in partman/Makefile because dpkg-shlibdeps gave > a warning that libld.so.2 was unused: >-LIBS=-lparted -ldl >+LIBS=-lparted > If someone knows this to be incorrect, please shout. Seems fi

Re: Refactoring commit_changes in partman

2007-12-04 Thread Max Vozeler
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 04:40:03PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 04 December 2007, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 December 2007, Max Vozeler wrote: > > > Yes, I've tested -auto-crypto, -auto-lvm, -md, -lvm, -crypto > > > and -partitioning by doing som

Re: [RFC] Erase LVM/crypto issues and proposed partman reorg

2007-12-04 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 04:39:38PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > > 1) Rename current "wipe" functions > > > > > > For partman-crypto I have a patch that renames the existing functions > > > to include the crypto namespace: > > > - wipe -> crypto_do_wipe > > > - dev_wipe -> crypto_wipe_devi

Re: Refactoring commit_changes in partman

2007-12-03 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:37:32AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2007, Max Vozeler wrote: > > I've carefully gone through them and noted the differences, > > hoping to replace them all with a common commit_changes in > > partman-base/defin

Re: [RFC] Erase LVM/crypto issues and proposed partman reorg

2007-12-03 Thread Max Vozeler
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 11:26:22AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > I therefore suggest reverting David's changes (which luckily is quite > straightforward) and then first do some refactoring of existing code as > preparation for a reimplementation of support for erasing encrypted > volumes. I tend to

Re: [RFC] Allow block device providers to veto file systems

2007-12-02 Thread Max Vozeler
Thanks for the review Frans. I've gone ahead now and commited the patch as reviewed with one typo fixed. Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Refactoring commit_changes in partman

2007-12-02 Thread Max Vozeler
Hey all, On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 12:10:45AM +0100, Max Vozeler wrote: > o I plan to apply the attached path if noone voices >objections. .. Sorry, I attached an earlier revision of the patch. Please see this one instead. Max Index: partman-crypto/debian/c

Refactoring commit_changes in partman

2007-12-02 Thread Max Vozeler
+1,9 @@ +partman-crypto (24) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Use commit_changes from partman-base (>= 113) + + -- Max Vozeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:31:49 +0100 + partman-crypto (23) unstable; urgency=low [ Colin Watson ] Inde

Re: [RFC] Allow block device providers to veto file systems

2007-11-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 06:39:50PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2007, Max Vozeler wrote: > > > Why pipe them and not just pass them as a parameter? > > > Call the script as '$i $dev $id "$filesystems"' and in the script have

Re: [RFC] Allow block device providers to veto file systems

2007-11-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 05:01:35PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2007, Max Vozeler wrote: > > I've spent some time thinking about possible solutions > > for #414638 which all essentially worked around the fact > > that partman offers file syst

Bug#414448: #414448: partman-crypto: allow to use unencrytped swap

2007-11-30 Thread Max Vozeler
tags 414448 + wontfix thanks I feel that this is too "dangerous" an option to allow without requiring the user to jump through hoops to configure it themselves. There is no way this can be safe, and thus no way for it to make sense except for test setups where you don't really care if the encry

[RFC] Allow block device providers to veto file systems

2007-11-30 Thread Max Vozeler
gelog === --- partman-basicmethods/debian/changelog (revision 50282) +++ partman-basicmethods/debian/changelog (working copy) @@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ [ Colin Watson ] * Use 'mkdir -p' rather than more awkward test-then-create constr

Please unblock loop-aes-utils

2007-11-30 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi release team, please unblock loop-aes-utils 2.13-2 (frozen due to udeb) provided that d-i RMs agree. I think it should be safe because mount-aes-udeb is not included in any initrds. Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Bug#452830: FTBFS (race condition with -j2)

2007-11-26 Thread Max Vozeler
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 09:25:56AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Package: partman-crypto > > Version: svn > > Severity: important > > Tags: patch > > > > FTBFS when building with two threads (dpkg-buildpackage -j2). > > Ack. Please commit. I have

Re: How to create crypted partition in d-i?

2007-09-05 Thread Max Vozeler
Hello, On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 12:01:22AM +0200, Josef Wolf wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 10:45:03PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > > You first need to select "Configure encrypted volumes" near the > > top of the partman main menu to setup the encrypted partitions.

Re: How to create crypted partition in d-i?

2007-09-05 Thread Max Vozeler
Hello, On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:43:45PM +0200, Josef Wolf wrote: > I tried to create an encrypted partition from d-i on etch. So I > select "use as crypted partition" and can modify crypto parameters. > All good and well. But where do I assign the mount point for the > crypted partition? You

Bug#414309: cannot configure encrypted volume if stray swap exists

2007-03-11 Thread Max Vozeler
reassign 414309 partman-crypto thanks Hi Stephen, Thanks for your bug report. On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 03:03:20PM -0500, Stephen Gildea wrote: > In the "Partition disks" step, using the "Manual" partitioning method, > I cannot configure encrypted volumes. > > I create a partition, for use as a p

Re: Scheduling linux-2.6 2.6.18-9

2006-12-17 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 02:43:57AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 06:08:08PM +0100, Frederik Schueler wrote: > > This update bears 3 ABI breaking changes. While the vserver patch might > > be adaptable, the PAE migration of i386 Xen is not. But we need this > > chan

Bug#394681: installation-report: Some installation problems

2006-10-22 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 05:17:11PM +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote: > - I tried to use encrypted block device (dm-crypt with default > settings). The partioning tool looked like I could create multiple > partitions inside a single dm-crypt area, but actually any attempts to > create both a root partiti

Bug#393919: partman-crypto: should provide separate short description

2006-10-22 Thread Max Vozeler
On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 05:30:55PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > Using just the device name as you described seems very practical and > I think actually solves this problem. The device name is mentioned > in the humandev string of the encrypted device, so it can be asso- > ciated

Bug#393919: partman-crypto: should provide separate short description

2006-10-22 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 03:50:44PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 21 October 2006 23:17, Max Vozeler wrote: > > I've seen this problem during installs in german locale (#381968), > > and this is really something that could be improved. Overall though, > &g

Bug#393919: partman-crypto: should provide separate short description

2006-10-21 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Frans, On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 03:21:40PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Currently the same string is used for both listing encrypted > partitions as devices and as a short description after the > encrypted partition itself. > > For the short description the current string is too long which > leads

Bug#393728: dm-crypt on raid does not play nicely

2006-10-18 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 05:35:24PM +0200, Miroslav Kure wrote: > I installed from today's i386 netinst (20061016) with the following > setup: > > /dev/hda1 16MB /boot > /dev/hda2 500MB physical volume for raid > > /dev/hdb1 16MB unused > /dev/hdb2 500MB physical volume for raid >

Bug#392285: partman-crypto: Fails to cause cryptomount to be loaded

2006-10-11 Thread Max Vozeler
tags 392285 + confirmed pending thanks Hi James, On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 07:40:18PM +0100, James Westby wrote: > I had the first partition for / unencrypted, then two partitions, a > random key for swap, and a GPG encrypted key for /home. I used > twofish128 for minimum impact while testing. The

Bug#381875: loop-AES key generation requires tiresome typing

2006-10-10 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi James, On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 08:39:07PM +0100, James Westby wrote: > 1) Make a game that involves typing, > > I was reminded of a game called Daley Thompson's Decathlon, which > involved bashng two keys in turn as quickly as possible, while this > wouldn't be good I thought some sort of game

Bug#391664: partman-auto-crypto: Some questions and issues

2006-10-10 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi all, On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 01:51:34AM +0200, David Härdeman wrote: > The loop is there because it needs to look not for the $dev device but > the virtual device-mapper device which has been created ontop of the > device pointed to by $dev after the crypto_setup step. It should be a > bit s

Bug#385629: debian-installer: Encrypted filesystem setup and swap

2006-10-10 Thread Max Vozeler
clone 385629 -1 retitle -1 Swap check fails for swap-on-LVM-on-crypto thanks Hi James, On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:59:55PM +0100, James Westby wrote: > I am playing around with the installer and I believe I have hit this > problem. > > If I select automatically set up LVM and crypto I get a good

Re: d-i beta3, raid, loop-aes and lvm

2006-10-05 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Philipp, On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 01:27:41AM +0200, Philipp Engel wrote: > Am 03.10.2006 um 15:32 schrieb David Härdeman: > >On Tue, October 3, 2006 15:16, Philipp Engel said: > >>Is that a bug, or is it just not possible? > > > >If memory serves me right, the loop-AES utils do not have support

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