[CentOS] LUKS on EL6 / enable block device after reboot

Tue Feb 10 21:19:03 UTC 2015
Always Learning <centos at u64.u22.net>

On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 22:08 +0100, Leon Fauster wrote:

> Is there an easy way (cli) to enable a luks encrypted partition 
> after reboot (a partition that was not enabled while booting, 
> because not in the crypttab). 
> 
> I can execute the necessary command stack [1] but just wondering if 
> there is an "enterprise/easy" way to do that ...
> 
> [1] cryptsetup luksOpen $(blkid -t TYPE="crypto_LUKS" -o device) \
>     luks-$(cryptsetup luksUUID $(blkid -t TYPE="crypto_LUKS" -o device))


I use a BASH script containing

	cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/$1 $2
	mkdir /xx/$2
	mount /dev/mapper/$2 /xx/$2


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Regards,

Paul.
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