Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:48:18 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Create new geli file system using existing key Message-ID: <cc7b10b9-92bf-acfb-c483-098a94666084@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1v-U3CYrT51kM6nXJVfXm-4jx6XbsOKHzwLgJq-hH_n0A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN6yY1uE-gfijR8n8%2BA0k6ufB=6EYEc6RbgbgpXj%2BV=80GOHPA@mail.gmail.com> <fef7fd7a-2f6c-0d09-e1e7-8bcd1589ed9e@holgerdanske.com> <CAN6yY1vShj8DLnSNzD5id3TE1-bjAKCFMO0Fg63JNmWvWBnXRg@mail.gmail.com> <b484587f-93a3-84da-6e4f-3e564ff9bbfd@holgerdanske.com> <20200921142916.208e0c2a@gumby.homeunix.com> <CAN6yY1v-U3CYrT51kM6nXJVfXm-4jx6XbsOKHzwLgJq-hH_n0A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2020-09-21 10:44, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 6:29 AM RW via freebsd-questions <
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:55:11 -0700
>> David Christensen wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I do not believe you need (or want) to have identical GELI metadata
>>> on the USB hard disk drives. I believe you just need to specify the
>>> same keyfile when you create each GELI provider.
>>
>> I think the OP realises that he was a bit confused when asking the
>> original question.
>>
> Yes, I was. After almost a quarter century using FreeBSD, it's a bit
> embarrassing to admit to my confusion. It's something I did back just after
> geli came into existence and have not really paid attention to since a bit
> before I retired almost a decade ago. It turns out to have been a trivial
> issue caused by confusion from not adequately understanding the keying
> information in the geli man page.
NP. Computers are a tetration of complexity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetration
It is humanly impossible to "know it all", and "it all" is continuously
growing.
Attempting to help people work through their computer issues is a good
way to "keep up" and to learn of new possibilities.
David
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