Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:04:58 -0500 From: Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> Subject: Re: GBDE mounts on top of other mounts (sshfs ?) fail ... please help Message-ID: <200603170905.06177.amistry@am-productions.biz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0603161944320.8684-100000@shell.dhp.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0603161944320.8684-100000@shell.dhp.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thursday 16 March 2006 19:45, Ensel Sharon wrote: > I have successfully configured and used a GBDE. I followed these > instructions: > > http://0x06.sigabrt.de/howtos/freebsd_encrypted_image_howto.html > > Easy. No problem. > > However, when I place the backing-store-file on a mounted sshfs > (fuse) volume, it no longer works. Specifically, when I issue > command: > > gbde init /dev/md0 -i -L /etc/gbde/md0 > > and save the resulting file that opens in my editor (without making > any changes, as usual), after typing in my passphrase twice, I get > this error: > > Enter new passphrase: > Reenter new passphrase: > gbde: write: Input/output error > # > > > Is this expected ? Is this a specific problem with fuse-fs, or > would this fail if I tried to put the backing store on any kind of > other mounted abnormal filesystem ? (say an NFS mount, or another > md-backed mount point) > > Any comments ? I would really like to get this to work and would > be happy to run more tests if someone could suggest some. I don't have an answer for you, but you may want to contact Csaba Henk <csaba.henk@creo.hu> about the fuse stuff. -- Anish Mistry amistry@am-productions.biz AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEGsISxqA5ziudZT0RAtc1AJsGLR4NmiXNmCXNGHsYHsAny2p3ZwCgu8Ot lzH1lmRW9krhgW4akHu95Ww= =fAtY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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