Return-Path: Received: from nm31.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm31.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.server123.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2015 16:23:33 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 15:20:41 +0000 (UTC) From: H McCurdy Reply-To: H McCurdy Message-ID: <1176011806.11826697.1449156041957.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <565F858E.8090603@whgl.uni-frankfurt.de> References: <565F858E.8090603@whgl.uni-frankfurt.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_11826696_47275536.1449156041951" Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] What is an "Internal terminal password query?" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "dm-crypt@saout.de" ------=_Part_11826696_47275536.1449156041951 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Sven, "Internal" means internal to the the API.=C2=A0 Makes sense now.=C2=A0=C2= =A0 Regards,Hugh=20 On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:58 PM, Sven Eschenberg wrote: =20 Currently, when using the lib+API passphrase is acquired by the lib=20 internally from the terminal. The next major realease will remove this 'limitation' and it will be up=20 to the programm using the API to acquire the passphrase. Check the release notes from the current realease to see for yourself. https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v1.7/v1.7.0-ReleaseNotes Cryptsetup API note right at the bottom. Regards -Sven Am 03.12.2015 um 00:09 schrieb H McCurdy: > https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/API/group__keyslot.html > > Says in several places > > "Internal terminal password query is DEPRECATED and will be removed in > next version." > > I don't know what "internal terminal password query" means.=C2=A0 Does it > mean ask the user for the password from the API or does it mean > something else?=C2=A0 I don't want to do this deprecated thing by acciden= t. > (I'm just learning how to use the API and want to change or add a > passphrase). > > > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@saout.de http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt ------=_Part_11826696_47275536.1449156041951 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks Sven,

"Internal" means internal to the the API. Makes= sense now.

Regards,

Hugh

On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:58 PM, Sven Eschenberg &= lt;sven@whgl.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:

Currently, when using the lib+API passphrase is acq= uired by the lib
internally from the terminal.

The next major realease will remove this 'limi= tation' and it will be up
to the programm using the API = to acquire the passphrase.

Check the r= elease notes from the current realease to see for yourself.
https://www.kernel.org/pub/= linux/utils/cryptsetup/v1.7/v1.7.0-ReleaseNotes

Cryptsetup API note right at the bottom.
Regards

-Sven

Am 03.12.2015 um 00:09 schrieb H McCurdy:
> https://gitlab.com/cryp= tsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/API/group__keyslot.html
><= br clear=3D"none">> Says in several places
>
> "Internal terminal password query is DEPRECATED and will b= e removed in
> next version."
>> I don't know what "internal terminal password query" = means. Does it
> mean ask the user for the passw= ord from the API or does it mean
> something else?&nbs= p; I don't want to do this deprecated thing by accident.
= > (I'm just learning how to use the API and want to change or add a
> passphrase).

>
>
>
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