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| author | Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2010-07-21 19:50:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2010-07-21 20:48:40 +0100 |
| commit | 637f8df83726ab9b50e8a6d2181bd1e0e93ec13e (patch) | |
| tree | 77e97218a0f9c570bb93b3c913a3f77c51866b4e /TODO | |
| parent | 581a7965faa5bf242ab3f8b7c259ab17c2e967f4 (diff) | |
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New APIs: Support for opening LUKS-encrypted disks.
This adds support for opening LUKS-encrypted disks, via
three new APIs:
luks_open: Create a mapping for an encrypted disk.
luks_open_ro: Same, but read-only mapping.
luks_close: Close a mapping.
A typical guestfish session using this functionality looks
like this:
$ guestfish --ro -a encrypted.img
><fs> run
><fs> list-devices
/dev/vda
><fs> list-partitions
/dev/vda1
/dev/vda2
><fs> vfs-type /dev/vda2
crypto_LUKS
><fs> luks-open /dev/vda2 luksdev
Enter key or passphrase ("key"):
><fs> vgscan
><fs> vg-activate-all true
><fs> pvs
/dev/dm-0
><fs> vgs
vg_f13x64encrypted
><fs> lvs
/dev/vg_f13x64encrypted/lv_root
/dev/vg_f13x64encrypted/lv_swap
><fs> mount /dev/vg_f13x64encrypted/lv_root /
><fs> ll /
total 132
dr-xr-xr-x. 24 root root 4096 Jul 21 12:01 .
dr-xr-xr-x 20 root root 0 Jul 21 20:06 ..
drwx------. 3 root root 4096 Jul 21 11:59 .dbus
drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 12:00 .pulse
-rw-------. 1 root root 256 Jul 21 12:00 .pulse-cookie
dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 May 13 03:03 bin
NOT included in this patch:
- An easier way to use this from guestfish.
- Ability to create LUKS devices.
- Ability to change LUKS keys on existing devices.
- Direct access to the /dev/mapper device (eg. if it contains
anything apart from VGs).
Diffstat (limited to 'TODO')
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -356,3 +356,16 @@ Progress of long-running operations For example, copying in virt-resize. How can we display the progress of these operations? This is a basic usability requirement, and frequently requested. + +Better support for encrypted devices +------------------------------------ + +Currently LUKS support only works if the device contains volume +groups. If it contains, eg., partitions, you cannot access them. +We would like to add: + + - An easier way to use this from guestfish. + - Ability to create LUKS devices. + - Ability to change LUKS keys on existing devices. + - Direct access to the /dev/mapper device (eg. if it contains + anything apart from VGs). |