Bug#296464: initrd-tools: Asks for a password phrase for crypted disks with r andom keys

["Carsten Grohmann" <carsten.grohmann@amd.com>]

Am Dienstag, den 22.02.2005, 19:10 +0100 schrieb Wesley W. Terpstra:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 05:48:50PM +0100, carsten.grohmann@amd.com wrote:
> > There is also a second problem thru the early initializing of the crypt
> > device for the swap space. /etc/init.d/cryptdisk (package> cryptsetup)
> > find a running crypt device and don't call mkswap and the system runs
> > without swapspace.
> 
> I don't understand what you mean here, could you clarify?

The crypt device initialized by the initrd will not processes
by /etc/init.d/cryptdisk. This often is OK. But in combination of
crypted swap devices with random pass phrases, the device have to
processes by cryptdisk to create a new swap signatur and add it as swap
space.
Best solution IMHO: Don't let the initrd initialize crypted swap devices
and also all devices with pass phrases from /dev/random
and /dev/urandom.

Greetings

Carsten