Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:17:24 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "Erik Norgaard" <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Changing password for GELI encrypted diskpartitions Message-ID: <d7195cff0612031317m41f1ea73pe00f5ff4acc2322a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45733A53.6030506@locolomo.org> References: <45733A53.6030506@locolomo.org>
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On 12/3/06, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> typed: > The man page doesn't seem to say anything about this: How do you change > the pass phrase for an encrypted partition (geli)? > . . . > > Secondly: Is the passphrase protecting the key file or the partition > itself? (just for curriosity). >From a cursory scan, it would appear that the passphrase protects the key file (which then protects the partition?), and that the passphrase is changed via delkey & setkey. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can shed some more light. -- --
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