Re: automatic mounting of an encrypted harddrive
So it sees the drive. Is it listed in /etc/crypttab? That is what
should cause it to prompt you for the passphrase.
On 10/22/09, Tobias Schula <tobias@schula.org> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 22 Oktober 2009 08:02:48 schrieb Ritesh Raj Sarraf:
>> B. Alexander wrote:
>> > I haven't tried it, but take a look at Krypt at
>> > http://krypt.berlios.de/.
>> >
>> > As for decrypting the drive, I would think if you put the drive into
>> > /etc/crypttab, it should remove the need to run the cryptsetup command.
>> > I
>> > should (hopefully, time permitting) be able to look at this this
>> > weekend,
>> > as I have an external drive that I intend to encrypt.
>>
>> I don't think you need to do that. I too have a cryptsetup LUKS encrypted
>> drive and what I plug it in, KDE (solid) recognizes it and prompts for the
>> password to decrypt the drive.
>>
>> Have a look at the logs, there must be something relevant.
>>
>> Ritesh
>>
>
> As you can see in the syslog, the kernel correctly detects the drive. It's
> roughly the same output when plugging in a unencrypted drive. So it's kde
> related. But whre does kde log its actions?
>
> Tobias
>
>
>
> Here's the syslog output when plugging in the encrypted drive:
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 12
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=1058,
> idProduct=1003
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: Product: External HDD
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Western Digital
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: SerialNumber:
> 57442D574D41535936373033363434
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: scsi15 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage
> devices
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb-storage: device found at 12
> Oct 22 19:44:36 siduxbox kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle
> before scanning
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: scsi 15:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD
> 6400AAK External 1.75 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type
> 0
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] 1250263728 512-byte
> logical blocks: (640 GB/596 GiB)
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache:
> write through
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache:
> write through
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sdc: sdc1
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache:
> write through
> Oct 22 19:44:41 siduxbox kernel: sd 15:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
>
>
> And here when plugging in an unencrypted drive:
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 13
>
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=0781,
> idProduct=5151
>
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: Product: Cruzer Micro
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: Manufacturer: SanDisk
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 08768018C8416AB5
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: scsi16 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage
> devices
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb-storage: device found at 13
> Oct 22 19:47:18 siduxbox kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle
> before scanning
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: scsi 16:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk
> Cruzer 7.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type
> 0
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] 15701759 512-byte
> logical
> blocks: (8.03 GB/7.48 GiB)
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache:
> write through
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache:
> write through
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sdc: sdc1
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache:
> write through
> Oct 22 19:47:23 siduxbox kernel: sd 16:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable
> disk
>
>
> At this point kde asks me if I want to mount the drive
>
>
> Oct 22 19:47:34 siduxbox hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1000
>
>
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