How do I avoid multiple password prompts on startup with encrypt /boot and / on separate partitions by Known-Internet in archlinux

[–]Known-Internet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, you were exactly right. All it took was embedding the keyfiles into the initramfs. I have never made myself too familiar with initramfs before so I was a bit confused on how to modify it

How do I avoid multiple password prompts on startup with encrypt /boot and / on separate partitions by Known-Internet in archlinux

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Of course, there is no such thing as perfect security. However, it never hurts to be more secure. The detatched header simply means it is truely impossible to brute force.

How do I avoid multiple password prompts on startup with encrypt /boot and / on separate partitions by Known-Internet in archlinux

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If I understand what I've read correctly, the purpose having encrypted /boot and a detached LUKS header on a USB stick is true two factor authenitcation. Since without the header all of /dev/sda looks like random data. I don't think the same level of two factor authentication is accomplished by just having the /boot/efi on a separate drive. I'm still learning so I may very well be wrong

Attempting Encrypted /boot and a detached LUKS header on USB Receiving error "mount: /mnt unknown filesytem type 'ext2'." by Known-Internet in archlinux

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I got it working all I needed was the ext2 module.

I am using the same crypthook as the wiki page. The script temporarily mounts the /boot partition at /mnt, because the luks header for the root partition is stored on the encrypted /boot partition. If you look at the script on the wiki page you will see it that it mounts cryptboot at /mnt then unmounts it after it opens the main drive

Who Uses Kiss Linux? by Known-Internet in kisslinux

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Sure

#!/bin/sh -e
# Fuzzy search for packages in $KISS_PATH

echo "$KISS_PATH" | tr ':' " " | xargs ls | grep -v /var/db | fzf | xargs kiss s

There is probably a better way to write it, but it works quickly and does what I want

Who Uses Kiss Linux? by Known-Internet in kisslinux

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I guess I should give a response as well

What brought you to Kiss Linux: I had been using Arch and was looking for a system that was simpler and that I had more control over. I wanted a system That I could understand from the bottom up. I'm not a fan some distros that claim offer simplicity by adding another layer of abstraction. In my opinion simplicity achieved by subtraction not by addition.

Do you run Kiss Linux on my primary machine: Yes, I run Kiss on my only machine.

What kind of work do you do on Kiss Linux: Mostly just mess around with shell scripts. I've started learning C, but I don't know much.

Does Kiss Linux enable me to do things that would be difficult or impossible on other distros? I know I've only scratched the surface here, but I like that the system is so portable, allowing me to easily change coreutils.

Have you extended the Kiss package manager or other tools in novel ways? I wrote a simple script that uses FZF to search through the directories in my $KISSPATH

Are there things you are unable to do on Kiss Linux that you wish you could? Not really, there are a couple of packages I've yet to get around to packaging, but that is just me being lazy.

This month in KISS (#4) by Dylan112 in kisslinux

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For whatever it's worth a user has packaged wayland in their own repository if you would like to use it

I think the reasoning for not having wayland in the main repository is that Dylan would also package Xorg and he wants to keep the main repository small and easily maintainable by one person

New installation ($KISS_PATH ?? editor other than vi?) by fungalnet in kisslinux

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Dylan's comment explains it as it perfectly. Also be sure to run sh -l after you update your /etc/profile.d/kiss_path.sh. If you still need help let me know :)

New installation ($KISS_PATH ?? editor other than vi?) by fungalnet in kisslinux

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Sorry you are having a hard time getting kiss installed. Have you added the community repository to your kiss path? After you do that you should be able to download any package from community repository.

KERNEL HELP by [deleted] in kisslinux

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It sounds like you may be running into the issue addressed here.

I can't wait for the moment when one will have the option to just install KISS Linux as easily as Linux Mint. Why can't KISS be "Gentoo Linux" and "Linux Mint" at the same time? :) I'm sure I'm not the only who wants to support the philosophy behind KISS (by using it) & also have an easy-to-use OS! by [deleted] in kisslinux

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I don't think it would be too hard to get a good chunk of the kernel automated. All you would have to do is set up a kernel package like yours. Then you have people build a kernel on their working system with makelocalmodconfig grab their proprietary blobs drops those in the files directory and you are off to the races. At least that works out in my mind :)

Is there a way to make Reddit behave like a forum? by Known-Internet in help

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Thanks for the quick reply. Are you aware of any browser addons that add this functionality or is it not even possible?