OpenZFS: using an encrypted dataset without a prompt for its passphrase

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:54:37 +0100
root_at_momh167-gjp4-8570p:~ # zfs get all Transcend/VirtualBox | grep -e 
creation -e key -e crypt
Transcend/VirtualBox  creation              Wed Sep  2 19:02 2020     -
Transcend/VirtualBox  encryption aes-256-gcm               -
Transcend/VirtualBox  keylocation prompt                    local
Transcend/VirtualBox  keyformat passphrase                -
Transcend/VirtualBox  encryptionroot Transcend/VirtualBox      -
Transcend/VirtualBox  keystatus unavailable               -
root_at_momh167-gjp4-8570p:~ #

I was prompted in early September but since then, no prompts.

I can export and import the pool (Transcend) without entering the 
passphrase.

Is this intended behaviour and if so: how does the pool – or the 
computer to which I connect the device (a mobile hard disk drive) – know 
that entry of the phrase is unnecessary?
Received on Sat Oct 17 2020 - 03:54:43 UTC

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