Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: crypto and fsck guys. | Date | Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:31:11 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I have just lost _ABSOLUELY_ everything > of importance to myself. The reason? put > quite plain and simply, two groups need to > get their act together:
Actually to be brutal the reason is because you didnt make a backup.
> I run fsck to check the ext2 fs on my > encrypted partition before it gets mounted, > I don't expect fsck to provide the added > "feature" of destroying that filesystem when > it was in fact completely stable, usuable > and NOT in need of repair. I'm going > to have to see my doctor now as I am the > most depressed that I have ever been.
fsck actually doesn't even know about encrypted data. The encrypt/decrypt happens below the level either it or the file system code sees. If you tried to fsck the crypted data not the uncrypted loopback I imagine e2fsck would think your fs was quite odd however.
Alan
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