[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#574948: Bug#574948: cryptsetup doesn't work if disk contains filesystem

[Jonas Meurer]

hey,

On 22/03/2010 Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:
> >> I think that the fact that cryptsetup doesn't allow to create
> >> cryptdevice if filesystem exists is a bug. At least it would be nice
> >> to have an option to bypass this situation.
> 
> MB> FYI: this is bug in cryptdisks_start Debian wrapper, not in cryptsetup.
> MB> plain cryptsetup allows mapping of any device, no fs check there.
> MB> (and in LUKS mode it wipes FS signature during luksFormat)
> 
> MB> Milan
> 
> I wrote (may be is not clear) that I searched an option to bypass. I
> looked through man cryptsetup and cryptdisk_start and did not find
> any solution.

you can disable the precheck by setting precheck=/bin/true in crypttab.
i added that hint to the crypttab manpage now.

greetings,
 jonas
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