FS#27137 - [cryptsetup] Allow setting LUKS swap partition using UUID

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dan Liew (delcypher) - Sunday, 20 November 2011, 11:36 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 02:26 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
As described here ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_Encryption_with_LUKS#Using_UUIDs_with_encrypted_swap_partitions ) it is useful to be able to use UUID
to identify the drive to use for a LUKS swap partition rather than relying on the partition device name that the kernel gives the e.g. (/dev/sda1). A small change needs to be made to "/etc/rc.sysinit" to allow this to work.

Additional info:
I've updated the wiki page to reflect the changes that need to be made to the "rc.sysinit" script to allow this to work. It's a one line change which I've tested on my machine with no problems. Could this modification be made part of the offical "/etc/rc.sysinit"?

Maybe a note should be made in /etc/cryptab as well highlighting the fact that the "--offset 8" parameter needs to be used so that the UUID doesn't get wiped by cryptsetup.



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Closed by  Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 02:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#24700 

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