Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 12.0

Chapter 4. Security

volume_key-0.3.12

Introduction to volume_key

The volume_key package provides a library for manipulating storage volume encryption keys and storing them separately from volumes to handle forgotten passphrases.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0 platform.

Package Information

volume_key Dependencies

Required

cryptsetup-2.4.3, GLib-2.76.4, GnuPG-2.4.3, GPGME-1.21.0, and nss-3.92

Recommended

SWIG-4.1.1

Installation of volume_key

[Note]

Note

This package expands to the directory volume_key-volume_key-0.3.12.

Tell the building system how to locate GPGME and GnuPG correctly: 

sed -e '/AM_PATH_GPGME/iAM_PATH_GPG_ERROR' \
    -e 's/gpg2/gpg/' -i configure.ac

Install volume_key by running the following commands: 

autoreconf -fiv              &&
./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --without-python &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--without-python: This parameter prevents building the Python 2 bindings, if Python-2.7.18 is installed.

--without-python3: Use this option if you do not want to build the Python 3 bindings. In this case, SWIG-4.1.1 is not needed.

Contents

Installed Program: volume_key
Installed Library: libvolume_key.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/volume_key

Short Descriptions

volume_key

manages encrypted volume keys and passphrases

volume_key.so

contains API functions for managing encrypted volume keys