> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Todd And Margo Chester > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Todd And Margo Chester > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>__>> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Xfce 4.8 > Scientific Linux 6.2, 64 bit > > I have just encrypted my backup drive. Is there anyway > to get it into my fstab? > > Problem is rebooting removed the label I created in > /dev/mapper with > > # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 lin-bak > > and in fstab, I can add: > /dev/mapper/lin-bak /lin-bak ext4 defaults 1 0 > > But "/dev/mapper/lin-bak" vanishes on me after a reboot. > > I can double click on the icon on my desktop and > it will mount in "/media/lin-bak". But this plays > havoc on my scripts. Gives me a long funny name > in /dev/mapper too, which disappears when you > dismount. > > Be nice to be able to get the drive into my fstab. > If not, how do I mount it from the command line? > > If I try to mount directly, I get > > # mount /dev/sdb1 /lin-bak > mount: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LUKS' > > Perplexed, > -T > > > > On 07/28/2012 07:31 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote:> You need to map it in the > file /etc/crypttab. > > > > > You want to configure your /etc/crypttab file to look like this: > > lin-bak /dev/sdb1 > > > > Ah ha! Thank you! > > In /etc/crypttab, how do you handle passwords with spaces in > them? I think it gags on quote marks. > > -T > > On 07/28/2012 09:46 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote:> I haven't tested it with password that contains space. Try escape with > back slash key( \ ). > > > Hi Tam, With both quotes and backslashes, I get "key file missing". So I switched to a keyfile. Now I get: special device /dev/mapper/lin-bak does not exist. I can create /dev/mapper/lin-bak with cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 lin-bak but /dev/mapper/lin-bak disappears after I reboot. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? -T