Re: Problem with cgdconfig

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

carsten.kunze%arcor.de@localhost writes:

>if I encrypt a device with
>cgdconfig -V re-enter cgd1 /dev/wd0e
>then unconfigure it:
>cgdconfig -u cgd1
>and then try to decrypt it:
>cgdconfig cgd1 /dev/wd0e

>The password is not excepted. What can be the reason?

The only way to verify  password is to see if the decrypted
disk contains valid information. By default cgd checks for
a valid disklabel. But if you never write a disklabel to
your encrypted disk (using the disklabel command), then
that check fails.

N.B. cgd can also check for GPT labels or a valid FFS superblock
if you don't want to use a disklabel.

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