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Bug#508157: debian-installer: Rescue mode: cryptsetup doesn't accept password (verified correct, muliple x)



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Daniel Dickinson <cshore@fionavar.ca> (2008-12-08):
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: normal
> 
> Using the lenny-rc1 xfce-cd1 image I attempted to use rescue mode to
> operate on an encrypted lvm which is detected and mounts fine with the
> regular boot system.  It was created using a previous version of
> lenny's installer (but I don't remember which one).
> 
> I suspect the problem may be related to the fact that when I initially
> created the filesystem there was a usb key drive in the system.  OTOH
> I have tried rescue mode both with and without the key to no avail.
> 
> It may matter that I have modified crypttab to use
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/the-uuid-of-the-luks-partition and that the name of
> the crypt volume has been changed from the default.
> 
> I have tried with luksOpen /dev/disk/by-uuid/uuid-of-luks crypt_name
> and get a message which states that cryptsetup failed because there
> was no key with the entered password, however I have entered the
> password multiple times.
> 
> Could it matter that it is a logitech internet keyboard and not a
> plain vanilla keyboard?
> 
> Please let me know what other information I can send that would help.

I've used rescue mode with encrypted lvm on various occasions with
squeeze and wheezy, and I haven't had any issues. Are you still able to
reproduce this kind of issues?

Mraw,
KiBi.

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