Bug#735496: initramfs-tools fails because of missing keyutils package

[maximilian attems <maks@stro.at>]

reassign 735496 cryptsetup
stop

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 07:45:06PM +0000, fdupoux wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.115~bpo70+1
> Severity: normal
> 
> I am using wheezy mostyle stable and also backports packages (such as
> initramfs-tools)
> I have multiple volumes encrypted using dm_crypt (3 LVM Physical Volumes) using
> the same passphrase
> I do not want to type the passphrase three times hence I am using the following
> option in /etc/crypttab
> "luks,keyscript=decrypt_keyctl"
> 
> The problem is update-initramfs fails because /bin/keyctl is required but it is
> not installed.
> It works after I installed keyutils but I had to debug the script to figure out
> what had to be installed.
> A package dependency should make sure this program is already installed to
> avoid this problem.
> 
> # cat /etc/crypttab
> luks-0d020ecb-9fae-40fb-9ddf-8a75c8830d9c UUID=0d020ecb-9fae-40fb-9ddf-
> 8a75c8830d9c none luks,keyscript=decrypt_keyctl
> luks-182a31c7-38da-4c7f-9bf6-3568c0dbf1d4 UUID=182a31c7-38da-4c7f-
> 9bf6-3568c0dbf1d4 none luks,keyscript=decrypt_keyctl
> luks-d1c60f39-a178-46f9-824d-6353b97158c3 UUID=d1c60f39-a178-46f9-824d-
> 6353b97158c3 none luks,keyscript=decrypt_keyctl
> 
> # cat /etc/debian_version
> 7.3
> 
> The main "update-initramfs" command fails:
> 
> # update-initramfs -u -k all
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptkeyctl failed with return 1.
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 with 1.
> 
> The internal commands which fails:
> 
> # mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64.new 3.2.0-4-amd64
> E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptkeyctl failed with return 1.

dpkg -S /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptkeyctl would tell,
which package that files belongs too, hence reassigned.
 
> # bash -x /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptkeyctl
> + set -e
> + PREREQ=cryptroot
> + case $1 in
> + . /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
> + '[' '!' -x /lib/cryptsetup/scripts/decrypt_keyctl ']'
> + copy_exec /bin/keyctl
> + local src target x nonoptlib
> + local libname dirname
> + src=/bin/keyctl
> + target=/bin/keyctl
> + '[' -f /bin/keyctl ']'
> + return 1
> 
> The missing program is /bin/keyctl:
> 
> # ls -lh /bin/keyctl
> ls: cannot access /bin/keyctl: No such file or directory
> 
> The solution is to install the missing package:
> 
> # apt-get install keyutils
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   keyutils
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 36.2 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 86.0 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main keyutils amd64 1.5.5-3 [36.2
> kB]
> Fetched 36.2 kB in 0s (125 kB/s)
> Selecting previously unselected package keyutils.
> (Reading database ... 125426 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking keyutils (from .../keyutils_1.5.5-3_amd64.deb) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up keyutils (1.5.5-3) ...
> 
> Finally it works:

thanks.
 
> # update-initramfs -u -k all
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64


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maks