Do you people think that this information should confirm that it is a cryptsetup bug ?
PS: Maybe we should have an "urgency=verylow" field so that such base packages could get more time in sid for testing. Ritesh On 3/3/08, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This bug is hitting me everywhere. None of the encrypted drives (other > external hard drives) which had very trivial passwords, work anymore. > > Here's the output of luksDump > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sdb2 > LUKS header information for /dev/sdb2 > > Version: 1 > Cipher name: aes > Cipher mode: cbc-essiv:sha256 > Hash spec: sha1 > Payload offset: 1032 > MK bits: 128 > MK digest: 1e 18 63 f4 5c a0 42 91 95 e6 4f 0c 7f bf bb a5 09 25 83 d5 > MK salt: 0f 86 8d 33 a3 68 71 39 78 80 e0 db b5 46 f4 8f > bd 85 67 a8 bc 60 36 02 d2 52 f5 73 7e ab 42 0c > MK iterations: 10 > UUID: b361837d-269c-466f-9cdd-a9ff16e313a9 > > Key Slot 0: ENABLED > Iterations: 136622 > Salt: 78 70 62 73 fa c3 76 e6 d8 63 fa 8e 96 c5 c1 > 54 > ef b9 38 3f d2 e5 73 46 c5 80 e0 03 4b f6 f4 > 98 > Key material offset: 8 > AF stripes: 4000 > Key Slot 1: DISABLED > Key Slot 2: DISABLED > Key Slot 3: DISABLED > Key Slot 4: DISABLED > Key Slot 5: DISABLED > Key Slot 6: DISABLED > Key Slot 7: DISABLED > > > And this seems to be inherited from ubuntu. Ubuntu gutsy also has the > same problems. > > Is there a workaround ? > > Unfortunately, the USB Stick setup I did also installed 2.6.22-3. So > it was of no help. And does it also affect d-i ? > d-i cd, that I have, has 2.6.22-3 and it also doesn't work in rescue mode. > > > This error: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb2 sdb2_crypt > Enter LUKS passphrase: > Enter LUKS passphrase: > Enter LUKS passphrase: > Command failed: No key available with this passphrase. > makes the user feel that she has lost the password. But that really > isn't the case. > > > Ritesh > > > > On 3/2/08, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think I too have been hit by this bug. > > > > Unluckily, for me none of the kernel images that I have (2.6.24, > > 2.6.23, 2.6.22-3-686) work. Also I have a backup initrd of 2.6.24 and > > .23, but they too don't work. > > So I'm now stuck up with an unbootable laptop. > > > > Currently I'm setting up a USB Stick to boot and see what really is > > the problem. But I believe it is not a password problem because, a > > user who has been running the encrypted root device for 6+ months, > > cannot forget the password one fine day. > > > > Ritesh > > -- > > Ritesh Raj Sarraf > > RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com > > "Necessity is the mother of invention." > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > Ritesh Raj Sarraf > RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com > "Necessity is the mother of invention." > -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
