[gparted] Add LUKS notes to the GParted Manual (#774818)
- From: Curtis Gedak <gedakc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gparted] Add LUKS notes to the GParted Manual (#774818)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:55:01 +0000 (UTC)
commit 5857b46c5d9918ae811398f2a151fa1512bfdd3a
Author: Mike Fleetwood <mike fleetwood googlemail com>
Date: Thu Jan 12 01:29:46 2017 +0000
Add LUKS notes to the GParted Manual (#774818)
Add LUKS encrypted partition notes to the GParted Manual about the new
capabilities coming in the next release of GParted.
Bug 774818 - Implement LUKS read-write actions NOT requiring a
passphrase
help/C/gparted.xml | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml
index f482447..bf577e1 100644
--- a/help/C/gparted.xml
+++ b/help/C/gparted.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY appversion "0.27.0">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "0.28.0">
<!ENTITY manrevision "1.10">
- <!ENTITY date "December 2016">
+ <!ENTITY date "January 2017">
<!ENTITY app "gparted">
<!ENTITY appname "GParted">
<!-- Information about the entities:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
<holder>Curtis Gedak</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
- <year>2014, 2015</year>
+ <year>2014, 2015, 2017</year>
<holder>Mike Fleetwood</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
<revhistory>
<revision>
<revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.10</revnumber>
- <date>December 2016</date>
+ <date>January 2017</date>
<revdescription>
- <para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
+ <para role="author">Curtis Gedak & Mike Fleetwood</para>
<para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
- <para role="annotations">Describes version 0.27.0 of &appname;</para>
+ <para role="annotations">Describes version 0.28.0 of &appname;</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@
</para>
<para>
You are advised to BACKUP your DATA before using
- the <application>&app;</application> application.
+ the <application>&app;</application> application. This is
+ especially true for encrypted data where all of the data can
+ become permanently inaccessible after a failure. Please refer to
+ <ulink type="http" url="http://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions">The
Cryptsetup FAQ</ulink>
+ for backup and recovery advice of encrypted data.
</para>
</caution>
</sect1>
@@ -1717,6 +1721,12 @@
</tip>
<tip>
<para>
+ A LUKS encrypted partition and the file system within can only
+ be resized when the encryption mapping is open.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
To improve the ability to shrink NTFS partitions, you
might consider one or more of the following:
<itemizedlist>
@@ -1841,6 +1851,12 @@
<xref linkend="gparted-fix-operating-system-boot-problems"/>.
</para>
</tip>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ A LUKS encrypted partition can only be moved when the
+ encryption mapping is closed.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= To Copy and Paste a Partition ===================== -->
@@ -1968,6 +1984,22 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</caution>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ The file system within a LUKS encrypted partition can only be
+ copied when the encryption mapping is open.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ To prevent unintended decryption of data, pasting into
+ unallocated space creating a new partition is not permitted.
+ However a LUKS encrypted partition can be pasted into an
+ existing open LUKS encrypted partition maintaining an
+ encrypted, or pasted into a plain partition making an
+ unencrypted copy of the file system.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= To Manage Partition Flags ========================= -->
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