On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:09 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Mike - st257 wrote:
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 5:50 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Mike - st257 wrote:
<snip> >> > My servers have BMC with Serial over LAN support. In C5 and C6, I >> determined how to have BIOS/POST, kernel, and serial console access. I'm >> reading up on the method to accomplish the pieces with C7. >> > >> > Presently SoL output works, so I see BIOS/POST messages and the GRUB >> boot list. >> > My changes to enable serial redirection for the kernel do not appear >> to work. >> > >> > I've made the following changes to GRUB2's /etc/grub/default config >> file: -- removed rhgb >> <snip> >> You did take out "quiet", too? > > I did not. > I would expect what shows up on the VGA console to be identical on the > serial console. > > I'll give that a shot today. <snip> Do. That hides everything before the o/s switches root. It's *possible* that it's hiding where you're being prompted for the LUKS password.
I've been doing some testing now that it works and "quiet" did not hide the LUKS passphrase prompt on the serial console. (More details in a future message.)
I appreciate the suggestion because it very well could have. Another one of those "shouldn't but did cause X problem" ;-)
Personally, I'd have left / unencrypted....
While my environment is not entirely hostile, it is one where I cannot control physical access. So while the thought crossed my mind to leave rootfs unencrypted, I opted not to (but to encrypt!).