GELI safe to reboot without detach?

[RW]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:07:14 -0800
Xin Li wrote:


> On 12/30/13 13:40, Isaac Huff wrote:
> > Is it necessary from a reliability and/or security standpoint to
> > detach GELI volumes before rebooting?  Specifically, if I unmount
> > the filesystem, but do not detach (and disable auto-detach) - do I
> > risk data corruption or leakage of private keys during a normal
> > reboot process?

> That's ssaid, not detaching geli provider is not a very good idea but
> the consequence for average people is very limited.

IIRC the detach is done automatically on shutdown, irrespective of
"detach on last close".