[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#509068: Bug#509068: cryptsetup: improve passdev, that it also works when the device is already mounted

[Jonas Meurer]

Hey Christoph,

On 18/12/2008 Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Currently,... when passdev is given a device:path where the device is  
> already mounted somwhere it fails.
> 
> It would be nice that it doesn't fail in this case but bind-mount the  
> device readonly.
> This would also be important I you agree my following proposals where  
> I ask if we could change cryptsetup, that all keyscripts should/must  
> support device:path-syntax (see also this thread  
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-cryptsetup-devel/2008-December/002376.html)
> 
> I'm not sure if this works when the device was originally mounted rw,  
> but I think it does.
> I'd also suggest to do the bind-ro-mounting instead of just reading  
> the file, because this would change access time which is perhaps  
> monitored or have other influences on a rw-mounted filesystem.
> 
> I think I'd need help with these changes ;)

you wrote in another mail, that you're working on this. any news about
that?

greetings,
 jonas
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