Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 6:39 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> Use /dev/disks/by/partlabel/foo or /dev/disks/by-partuuid/bar. >>> >> That's even more typing than /dev/sdk. Some things I do easily by using >> tab completion and all. When mounting, I let fstab remember the UUID >> for it. > That's what copy/paste is for. How often are you editing your > crypttab anyway? This way when you move drives around they still > work. >
I did a google search for crypttab. After reading what its purpose is, I see why I don't have one. It seems it is more for decrypting and mounting things during bootup. I don't need to mount encrypted data to boot up or even log into KDE. I just need it to access data when needed. Most of the encrypted data that I access often is actually my external drives. When I leave home, I close the encrypted data. When I get home, I open it and remount it. If I need it for something. One day I may encrypt my /home directory. Maybe. I don't really see the need since any data I want protected can just be put on the encrypted part I have now. Anyway, I suspect when I reboot, this is will be back to the old way. I thought I was going to have a opportunity to do that last night. My lights went off for a few seconds. UPS kicked in and they came back on. It's not over yet tho. ;-) Or am I missing something? Dale :-) :-)
