[arch-general] crypttab support for non-root devices with systemd

[Dave Reisner]

On Dec 8, 2012 8:12 PM, "Karol Babioch" <karol at babioch.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Am 08.12.2012 22:06, schrieb Dave Reisner:
> > Without posting it, I have no idea.
>
> Basically it looks like this:
>
> raid           /dev/sdb1        "xxx"
>
> In this setup "/dev/sdb1" is a encrypted block device. Its not the one
> mentioned in the beginning, but the situation is quite similar. "xxx" is
> the passphrase.
>
> This worked just fine with the "old" initscripts. Maybe I'm missing
> something, but from my understanding of the appropriate man page it
> should actually work?

The man page makes no mention of  allowing plaintext passwords in crypttab.
Sure enough, this doesn't work. Use a key file.

>
> > You've not mentioned the behavior you expect, either.
>
> Right now I get asked for the passphrase during boot. I would like this
> dialog to disappear. I would like to have the device unlocked, activated
> and mounted automatically. For the time being I would like to use
> "lvm-on-crypt", only to be replaced with "lvm-monitoring" once it hits
> the official repositories.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Best regards,
> Karol Babioch
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