Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 03:05:30 +0300 From: Anton Sayetsky <vsasjason@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> Subject: Re: Geli and glabel ? Message-ID: <CAA2O=b86-kutq2aQbHVLn42AMT=vur5%2BgfHrpv7=ji%2BqnV-rkQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604161651091.97849@wonkity.com> References: <57125647.9050805@bananmonarki.se> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604161007190.46192@wonkity.com> <57126AFB.9060303@bananmonarki.se> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604161651091.97849@wonkity.com>
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17 =D0=B0=D0=BF=D1=80. 2016 =D0=B3. 1:58 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=BB=D1=8C=D0=B7=D0= =BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016, Bernt Hansson wrote: > >> >> >> On 2016-04-16 18:08, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 16 Apr 2016, Bernt Hansson wrote: >>> >>>> Hello list. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering about glabel and geli. It seems that one can not have them on the same disc. >>>> >>>> On swap it works nice but not on my home directory. Glabel overwrites the meta data from geli >>>> so the disc can not be mounted. >>>> >>>> Can this scenario work? How? >>> >>> >>> One must be inside the other. Create a glabel device in the GELI one, then refer to the glabel device with /dev/label/xyz. >> >> >> Along this line? >> >> geli attach disc >> password: >> >> glabel label 1213 /dev/disc >> >> Is that correct? > > > No, the /dev/disc device is being used both times. > > geli attach disc > > creates a disc.eli device. Now create the label on *that*: > > glabel label 1213 /dev/disc.eli This just doesn't make any sense bc if device name will change - geli name will change too. So it's really necessary to build reverse - geli on top of glabel. > > Maybe some ASCII art will help: > > ,-disc--------------. > | | > | ,-disc.eli----. | > | | | | > | | ,-1213--. | | > | | | | | | > | | | | | | > | | `-------' | | > | | | | > | `-------------' | > | | > `-------------------' > > ...well, maybe not.
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