At Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:05:43 +0200, Frank Storm <Frank.Storm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm new to this mailing list so I don't know whether this question has > already been asked. I have installed LUKS successfully on my machine by > compiling the source code (version 1.0.3). Encryption of a partition > worked fined, I can open it, mount it and use it. However, if I try to > close it again, the "cryptsetup luksClose" command hangs and does not > come back. Has someone already experienced the same problem? I also > don't know exactly what happens during "luksClose". This hasn't been reported before. Can you post an strace of the hanging cryptsetup run? gdb with debug symbols would also be great. I suspect it's the device mapper refusing to remove the mapping and hanging. I can remember that we do any substential other things in luksClose - actually ATM it's just an alias for "close". -- Fruhwirth Clemens - http://clemens.endorphin.org for robots: sp4mtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx