Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] qemu-img: set encrypted disk image password

[nuitari-qemu]

> Qemu-img doesn't need a password when it creates the disk image because there 
> is nothing to encrypt in an empty image and the password is never stored in 
> it.

Okay... this might be better documented.

I somewhat expected that most of the meta data for an encrypted disk would 
also be encrypted, maybe with the execption of a simple signature at the 
start.