Administrator's Guide

Upgrading from EVFS v1.0 to EVFS v1.1.............................................................................................34
3 Preparing EVFS for Configuration..............................................................................35
Verifying for Preconfiguration..............................................................................................................35
Preparation Overview...........................................................................................................................36
Step 1: Configuring an Alternate EVFS Pseudo-User...........................................................................37
Step 1a: Setting the evfs_user Attribute..........................................................................................37
Example......................................................................................................................................37
Step 1b: Creating the User Group....................................................................................................37
Example......................................................................................................................................37
Step 1c: Creating the EVFS Pseudo-User Account..........................................................................37
Example......................................................................................................................................37
Step 2: (Optional) Configuring Alternate Key Database Directories...................................................39
Syntax for pub_key, priv_key, and pass_key Attribute Statements................................................39
Key Storage Directory Requirements..............................................................................................40
Default pub_key, priv_key and pass_key Attribute Statements.....................................................40
Example: Alternate Directory for Public Keys................................................................................41
Example: NFS Directory for Public and Private Keys.....................................................................41
Example: Fallback Directory for Nonprivileged Users...................................................................41
Step 3: (Optional) Modifying EVFS Global Parameters........................................................................42
Step 4: Starting the EVFS Subsystem....................................................................................................43
Example...........................................................................................................................................43
Step 5: Creating User Key Pairs............................................................................................................44
Guidelines for Creating User Keys..................................................................................................44
Creating Keys for EVFS Volume Owners........................................................................................44
Example......................................................................................................................................45
Creating Recovery Keys..................................................................................................................45
Storing the recovery user's Private Key.....................................................................................45
Examples....................................................................................................................................45
Creating Keys for authorized users.................................................................................................46
Examples....................................................................................................................................46
Examples...............................................................................................................................................47
User Session.....................................................................................................................................47
4 Configuring an EVFS Volume......................................................................................49
Configuration Overview.......................................................................................................................49
Option 1: Creating a New EVFS Volume..............................................................................................50
Step 1: Configuring an EVFS Volume..............................................................................................51
Step 1a: Creating an LVM or VxVM Volume for EVFS..............................................................51
Examples...............................................................................................................................51
Step 1b: Creating EVFS Volume Device Files.............................................................................51
Examples...............................................................................................................................52
Step 1c: Creating the EMD.........................................................................................................52
Example.................................................................................................................................53
Step 1d: (Optional) Adding Recovery Keys and authorized user Keys....................................53
Step 1e: Enabling the EVFS Volume...........................................................................................54
Example.................................................................................................................................55
Step 2: Creating and Mounting a File System on an EVFS Volume................................................56
Step 2a: Creating a New File System with newfs.......................................................................56
Example.................................................................................................................................56
Step 2b: (Optional) Using fsck to Check the File Volume..........................................................56
Example.................................................................................................................................56
Step 2c: Creating the Mount Point.............................................................................................57
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