Control: tags -1 patch pending Hi,
On 03-07-2019 21:00, Paul Gevers wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 12:43:28 -0500 Marco Villegas <ma...@marvil07.net> wrote: >> Starting from buster installer rc3, and installing minimal dependencies >> to run, I can confirm the problem exists. >> >> While trying to change the passphrase from gnome-disks, i.e. the old >> and new passphrases were entered, I see the following error message: >> "Error changing passphrase: Invalid argument (udisks-error-quark, 0)", >> screenshot attached. >> >> I have also tried to access again the disk from an external gparted >> after the attempt, and I could not unlock the partition with neither >> the old nor the new passphrase. I have prepared the attached text. I will push this shortly. Reviews still welcome of course. Paul
diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk index 4769f9d6..fc7190dd 100644 --- a/en/issues.dbk +++ b/en/issues.dbk @@ -656,6 +656,23 @@ $ sudo update-initramfs -u </para> </section> + <section id="g-d-u-and-luks-password"> + <!-- stretch to buster --> + <title> + gnome-disk-utility fails to change LUKS password causing permamently data + loss + </title> + <para> + Don't change the LUKS password of encrypted disks with the GNOME + graphical interface for disk management. The <systemitem + role="package">gnome-disk-utility</systemitem> package in buster has a + very nasty <ulink url="&url-bts;928893">bug (#928893)</ulink> that will + delete the old password but fails to correctly set the new password when + it is used to change the LUKS password. As a result all data on the disk + will become inaccessible. + </para> + </section> + </section> </chapter>
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