Leon, Leon Fauster wrote: >> Am 20.06.2017 um 17:12 schrieb m.roth at 5-cent.us: >> Leon Fauster wrote: >>>> Am 20.06.2017 um 16:53 schrieb m.roth at 5-cent.us: <snip> >>>> I've done that, and made the filesystem, but I can't mount it. >>>> >>>> CentOS 6. >>>> I have the entry in /etc/crypttab, and a key in /etc/crypt.pw, and the >>>> luks UUID in /etc/fstab. I cannot find the command that tells it to >>>> create the device in /dev/mapper from the info in /etc/crypttab. <snip>>>> >>> >>> MAPDEVICE=/dev/sdxy ; cryptsetup luksOpen ${MAPDEVICE} >>> luks-$(cryptsetup >>> luksUUID ${MAPDEVICE}) >> >> Something's not right. I did >> cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb luks-$(cryptsetup luksUUID $(/dev/sdb)) >> --key-file /etc/crypt.pw >> >> It did want the password, so I added --key-file, but it seems to have >> created /dev/mapper/luks, not the full luksUUID that's in both crypttab >> and fstab. > > unmap: cryptsetup luksClose /dev/mapper/luks > > and then try again with following correction > > NOT ...UUID $(/dev/sdb) > ...UUID /dev/sdb Thank you *very* much for the help, and such fast responses. Googling hadn't been helpful.... I'm good now (and will be documenting it for my manager and the other admin). mark