svn commit: r363363 - head/lib/geom/eli

Gordon Bergling gbe at freebsd.org
Wed Jul 22 09:04:57 UTC 2020


On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 03:54:19PM +0200, Fabian Keil wrote:
> Gordon Bergling <gbe at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > Author: gbe (doc committer)
> > Date: Mon Jul 20 13:24:50 2020
> > New Revision: 363363
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363363
> > 
> > Log:
> >   geli(8): Add an example on how to use geli(8) with a file as encrypted storage
> >   
> >   Reviewed by:	bcr (mentor)
> >   Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
> >   MFC after:	1 week
> >   Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25741
> > 
> > Modified:
> >   head/lib/geom/eli/geli.8
> > 
> > Modified: head/lib/geom/eli/geli.8
> > ==============================================================================
> > --- head/lib/geom/eli/geli.8	Mon Jul 20 13:01:19 2020	(r363362)
> > +++ head/lib/geom/eli/geli.8	Mon Jul 20 13:24:50 2020	(r363363)
> [...]
> > +This key should be protected by a passphrase, which
> > +is requested when geli init is called.
> > +.Bd -literal -offset indent
> > +# dd if=/dev/random of=/root/private0.key bs=64 count=1
> > +# geli init -K /root/private0.key -s 4096 /dev/md0
> > +Enter new passphrase:
> > +Reenter new passphrase:
> > +# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/md0.eli bs=1m
> 
> There seems to be a "geli attach ..." missing after
> the "geli init ...".
> 
> > +The call of geli attach will ask for the passphrase.
> > +It is recommended to do this procedure after the boot, because otherwise
> > +the boot process would be waiting for the passphrase input.
> > +.Bd -literal -offset indent
> > +# geli attach -k /root/private0.key /dev/md0
> > +Enter new passphrase:
> 
> The expected prompt is just "Enter passphrase:".
> 
> Fabian

Hi Fabian,

your right. I created a differential with the fixes for the example and commit
your corrections once the differential is approved.

--Gordon
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