Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:16:18 GMT From: bill fumerola <billf@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/113695: handbook suggests different lockfile than gbde(8) manpage Message-ID: <200706141516.l5EFGI89001789@molasses.desk.hq.powerset.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200706142250.l5EMo5bU036022@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 113695 >Category: docs >Synopsis: handbook suggests different lockfile than gbde(8) manpage >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 14 22:50:04 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: bill fumerola >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: powerset, inc. >Environment: System: FreeBSD molasses 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Mon Jun 11 16:45:47 UTC 2007 root@molasses:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BUFU i386 >Description: the 'disks-encrypting' section suggests creating a gbde partition lock as /etc/gbde/ad4s1c, the gbde manpage suggests /etc/gbde/ad4s1c.lock, and /etc/rc.d/gbde looks for /etc/gbde/PARTITION.lock following the handbook's advice, one will not be able to use the rc.conf/rc.d system to mount a gbde file system. additionally, the handbook suggests the 'c' partition (the magic whole disk), while the manpage suggests using a 'real' partition. the author of this PR found that using the 'c' partition didn't work >How-To-Repeat: follow the GBDE instructions in the handbook, section 18.16 >Fix: (*) change the handbook to use the 'a' partition in its example (as it will exist after following the instructions on adding a new drive (section 18.3) (*) change the handbook to instruct users to create the lockfile with the .lock suffix >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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