Re: How can a passphrase be incorrect even after `luksHeaderBackup` and `luksHeaderRestore`?

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On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 04:52:29PM +0200, Arno Wagner wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 04:16:47PM +0200, Milan Broz wrote:
> > On 08/05/2011 02:11 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > >> No, as from the output above, I do not see the same problem. What
> > >> could be the reason for this difference in behaviour?
> > > 
> > > On #lvm Milan suggested that the problem lies with the new drive
> > > having some misalignment
> > 
> > I have checked the dump and there is clear corruption of first keyslot
> > (0x1000 - 0x1400 offset).
> > 
> > I'll try to find the source of problem now.
> > 
> > Milan
> 
> Hi Milan,
> 
> just a thought: May this be a stray v1.2 RAID/md superblock?
> They are at 4k offset from the device start according to this:
> 
> https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_superblock_formats
> 

And an additional thought: If using /etc/raidtab instead of
autodetection (or a similar mechanism), is it possible the 
RAID superblock gets rewritten on boot and destroys the 
LUKS keyslot?
 
I have no idea whether this is possible, as I only ever used 
autodetection and distrust distro automagic even in Debian.

Arno
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