Re: cryptsetup, hald and automounting external disk

[subscriptions <subscriptions@rdegraaf.nl>]

On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 00:50 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> On 04/12/08 21:28, subscriptions wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am using cryptsetup (LUKS) successfully on most of my partitions (i.e.
> > not /boot) and external disk drives.
> >
> > For the external drives, HALD recognises the LUKS encrypted partition
> > and prompts for a password.
> >
> > Does anybody know where I can configure the system such that the
> > external disk is automatically decrypted with encryption keys and
> > mounted.
> 
> In Gnome the password dialog gives a user 3 options for the password:
> - forget immediately
> - remember till logout
> - remember 'forever'
> 
> Debian sid. I don't know what do you use - any window manager? I believe
> KDE has a similar option.
> 
> --
> Kind regards,
> Michal R. Hoffmann

Dear Michal,

thanks! However, the solution is per user.

Thanks anyway.

Best,

Rob