Public bug reported:
1. With ecryptsfs:
/etc/fstab:
/root/ecfs_data /root/ecfs ecryptfs rw,exec,suid 0 0
a) Pressing the enter key quickly with no other input returns that some input
is required.
b) Pressing the enter key the first time subsequent to some input appears to
append a return character to the password string. Pressing the enter subsequent
to that submits the now incorrect password resulting in failure.
c) If you hold the enter key, it sends multiple return characters, some times
some of them appear to be appended to the password string, until eventually
they start being sent to subsequent prompts. It would appear that sometimes
multiple return characters are added to the password string because the
signatures change on various attempts.
c) may be relevant in the sense that the holding the enter key in #2
facilitates a workaround.
2. The password prompt created by cryptsetup exhibits similar behavior
but can be worked around by holding the enter key.
/etc/fstab:
/root/e_data /root/e crypto_LUKS defaults 0 0
b) Pressing the enter key without any input specifies that the password was
incorrect.
a) Pressing the enter key the first time subsequent to some input appears to
append a return character to the password string. A subsequent press of the
enter key submits the now incorrect password.
c) Holding the enter key subsequent to entering the password facilitates
mounting. However, there are no further messages specifying success. Boot
continues.
In both instances of #1 and #2, the data from previous boot instructions
appears past the `Password:` semicolon, ie:
Password: /dev/sda1: 333 files, 13026/126976 clusters
This does not appear to affect the success of 2.c.
3. The following may look like it is unrelated but consider the fact
that the password prompt is not halted and the fact that this should in
fact work.
The reason why I think the following is related is because I think that
it's possible that it is returning from the password prompt and failing
the crypttab execution asynchronously if that is perhaps how the
relevant executables (upstart?) operate.
/etc/crypttab:
swap_e /dev/sda8 /dev/urandom swap
/etc/fstab:
/dev/mapper/swap_e none swap sw 0 0 #-- if this is before the next line, it
specifies that /dev/mapper/swape does not exist, and auto returns from the
ecryptfs password prompt
/root/ecfs_data /root/ecfs ecryptfs rw,exec,suid 0 0
As specified, when the ecryptfs mount entry in fstab is after the swap
mount, it specifies that the /dev/mapper/swape disk does not exist and
auto skips the ecryptfs mount, auto returning from the password prompt
and said mount failure in /var/log/boot.log.
System:
Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
ecryptfs-utils 96-0ubuntu3
cryptsetup-luks 2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1
libpam-mount 2.14-1
** Affects: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: boot cryptsetup ecryptfs
** Description changed:
- It's possible that this bug is related to:
-
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/468208?commee
- nts=all
-
- 1. With ecryptfs, even though it appears that nothing has stolen the
- keyboard focus (ie data does not appear to be printed past the Password:
- semicolon) the string that is actually sent from the password prompt is
- incorrect.
+ 1. With ecryptsfs:
/etc/fstab:
- /root/ecfs_data /root/ecfs ecryptfs rw,exec,suid 0 0
+ /root/ecfs_data /root/ecfs ecryptfs rw,exec,suid 0 0
- a) Pressing the enter key quickly with no other input returns that some input
is required.
- b) Pressing the enter key the first time subsequent to some input appears to
append a return character to the password string.
- c) If you hold the enter key, it sends multiple return character, some times
some of them appear to be append to the password string, until eventually they
start being sent subsequent prompts. It would appear that sometimes multiple
return characters are added to the password string because the signatures
change on various attempts.
+ a) Pressing the enter key quickly with no other input returns that some input
is required.
+ b) Pressing the enter key the first time subsequent to some input appears to
append a return character to the password string. Pressing the enter subsequent
to that submits the now incorrect password resulting in failure.
+ c) If you hold the enter key, it sends multiple return characters, some times
some of them appear to be appended to the password string, until eventually
they start being sent to subsequent prompts. It would appear that sometimes
multiple return characters are added to the password string because the
signatures change on various attempts.
c) may be relevant in the sense that the holding the enter key in #2
facilitates a workaround.
- 2. 1. The password prompt created by cryptsetup exhibits similar
- behavior but can be be worked around by holding the enter key.
+ 2. The password prompt created by cryptsetup exhibits similar
