Re: LUKS related directories in root of a Debian 11
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 09:53:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am wondering what creates and touches on a Debian 11 system a lot of
> empty directories in the /-Directory. The names indicate that they have
> something to do with LUKS:
>
> /1678114330.LUKS1_test_cryptsetup_defaults
> /1678114331.LUKS1_test_with_twofish_cipher
> ...
> /1678114341.LUKS2_test_cryptsetup_defaults
> /1678114342.LUKS2_test_with_twofish_cipher
> ...
> /1680340570.LUKS2_test_with_argon2_pbkdf
> /1680340571.LUKS2_test_with_second_key_slot_and_first_slot_using_different_password
>
> In total there are 115 of these directories. Currently all are empty.
> One of them bears the timestamp of today's boot:
> /1678114330.LUKS1_test_cryptsetup_defaults
> (Its prefix number as timestamp says "Mon Mar 6 15:52:10 CET 2023")
> A few bear the timestamp "Apr 1 2023" and most bear "Mar 6 2023".
>
> One of the partitions on the system is indeed encrypted. But the
> root filesystem is not. df says about both:
>
> /dev/nvme0n1p2 479152840 92955444 361788004 21% /
> ...
> /dev/mapper/daten 3778568692 1538634024 2047923672 43% /daten
>
> So my questions are:
> - Where can i learn about those directories ?
> - Why are they located in / and not in some sub-directory ?
>
>
I never have seen this behavior.
But I think it's best to post this question in the cryptsetup ML.
The ML can be found here: https://subspace.kernel.org/lists.linux.dev.html
-H
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Henning Follmann | hfollmann@itcfollmann.com
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