On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Hussam Al-Tayeb <ht990332@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I'm having a problem with disk encryption using luks. I have > my /home disk (on a separate disk 'sdb') encrypted using luks. > > I have this in /etc/cryptsetup > home /dev/sdb1 ASK > > and this in /etc/fstab > /dev/mapper/home /home ext4 defaults,user_xattr 0 1 > > Suddenly today, it won't accept the passphrase on boot. I'm sure that > I'm entering it correctly. It took me 32 tries the first time and many > more the second reboot after kernel 2.6.31.3 update. > > The annoying thing is that archlinux only takes three tries > then fails and I have to reboot to try again. > > Any idea please? I'm 100% sure I'm entering the passphrase correctly. > > I don't have another operating system installed or anything and I go > back to work in a few days so looking for a new distribution or > operating system is not a favorable option. I really need help please :/ > > [root@LARS hussam]# cryptsetup status /dev/mapper/home > /dev/mapper//dev/mapper/home is active: > cipher: aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 > keysize: 128 bits > device: /dev/sdb1 > offset: 1032 sectors > size: 156295290 sectors > mode: read/write Make sure that /dev/sdb1 is the partition you think it is, and the disks haven't switched device nodes. :)
