From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 12:24:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9507106566B for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:24:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C918FC21 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so7684335fxm.14 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:24:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KTsx1wL319vSTJWjddqi5X6Ywob3+YvQBGrXKXFSEgo=; b=UtovfesZcjRX4PY32OzXzANe/X/fqCfvN53H0dXLH9dXpgNgys8E3GrR16AyzDoCQR ywC5RzDtuqz34H8GQY3d250sWalUu46Hn+JVBu/JP/nyHY6L7cNe7gv/VjFh9PoXls0i Sqhlhw88PgB5fIhaW9s+RNuel7kECDBZnecrw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=MPyQ4WU7ASZfsZIjieLqAS+4zp5pR20WF2I6oqKHyHjLpW2+GUPLTZRW86MgTNd4iM YZL3SPlWFnlOSXGpzuuOAppZCB9CVOt646lLOBuc3bb6c78SOnoc6+4vliv30luWxlLS 1vp6M5jVNzoaLNAMIEqpo7aEGOq5AFzHi4Gfo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.160.84 with SMTP id b20mr448139hbd.124.1263212687711; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:24:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201001110937.o0B9brKQ019619@mp.cs.niu.edu> References: <201001110937.o0B9brKQ019619@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:24:47 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Scott Bennett Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "glabel label" questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0000 2010/1/11 Scott Bennett > My system currently has three external disk drives connected via USB > 2.0 > ports and will soon have another drive connected via a Firewire port. The > three already present have quite a few partitions on them, nearly all of > which > already contain file systems with lots of files in them. I would like to > use > the "glabel label" method of labeling each of these partitions, so that I > do > not always have to disconnect all but one external drive when rebooting the > system and then reconnect them one by one in order to get the proper device > files assigned to them for use with /etc/fstab entries. > However, some of these partitions contain GELI-encrypted file systems. > Can the "glabel label" sort of labeling be used with encrypted partitions? > If so, can "glabel label" be used on the encrypted partitions without > destroying the file systems or the data in them? Or will I need to > recreate > the file systems after labeling the partitions and then restore their > contents > from backups? Is there any danger to unencrypted partitions and data when > using the "glabel label" operation? > Thanks in advance for any help with this matter. > > > Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG > ********************************************************************** > * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * > *--------------------------------------------------------------------* > * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * > * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * > * -- a standing army." * > * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * > ********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > just unmount them and do a tunefs -L on them. Geli works a layer below the fs so should work fine.