Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:51:15 +0100 (CET) From: Christian Baer <christian.baer@informatik.uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing geli-providers from passphrase to keyfile Message-ID: <dui3rj$1270$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <duh4l6$uv8$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <20060306113000.GC53437@garage.freebsd.pl> <duh85k$uv8$5@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <20060306121125.GG53437@garage.freebsd.pl>
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:11:25 +0100 Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > So what you basically want is to change your passphrase to a keyfile? > > # echo piped-passphrase | geli setkey -P -K - ad0s1d > Enter passphrase: > # echo piped-passphrase | geli attach -p -k - ad0s1d Yup, that was it! :-) Thanks for the help! Does this in any way affect the strength of the security or does it have other drawbacks? Can I still save the metadata with 'backup'? Regards Chris
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