From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Single password prompt with encrypted partition, Part II: Unencrypted /boot
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:17:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d068f9b3.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (raw)
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Hi!
This is a follow-up to
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-04/msg00017.html.
I'm actually trying to set up a system that asks for the password once.
I've opted for the unencrypted /boot partition strategy.
The following does not work:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define drive-mapping
(list (mapped-device
;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'.
(source (uuid "b29cb68b-b154-4228-a131-34e9c474b0bd"))
(target "guix")
(type luks-device-mapping))))
(define root-partition
(file-system
(device (file-system-label "guix"))
(mount-point "/")
(type "btrfs")
(options "subvol=rootfs,compress=zstd")
(dependencies drive-mapping)))
(operating-system
;; ...
(file-systems (cons* root-partition
(file-system
(device (file-system-label "boot"))
(mount-point "/boot")
(type "ext4")
;; (needed-for-boot? #t)
;; (dependencies (list root-partition))
)
(file-system
(device (uuid "4E30-891F" 'fat))
(mount-point "/boot/efi")
(type "vfat"))
%base-file-systems))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
GRUB starts without prompting for password (success!) but without theme
(oops!) and then it's unable to boot the Guix entry, complaining it
cannot find the "guix" partition.
If I remove the "boot" file system entry, then run "guix system init ..." without
mounting "boot", it works.
I tried with the
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(dependencies (list root-partition))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
but then the image does not even build, complaining
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix system: error: service 'file-system-/boot' requires 'file-system-/', which is not provided by any service
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I haven't tried 'needed-for-boot?' field, maybe it could help here.
The generated /boot/grub/grub.cfg does not have any encryption-related
lines (as in
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Configuring_the_boot_loader
for instance). Does our GRUB generation support unlocking LUKS
partitions that are not the same as the one where GRUB is installed?
Any idea?
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Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/
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