Thanks Arno! I thought it was just a bug, but now, it works :) I didn't really understand it. I thought it would generate a secure keyfile. Now it's clean, thank you! On 15-09-30 17:00:03, Arno Wagner wrote: > You are using /dev/sdb1 as your keyfile. cryptsetup > has a compiled-in size limit on keyfiles, which is > per default 8kB. If /dev/sdb1 is larger, you get the > error you observe. > > Regards, > Arno > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 14:16:26 CEST, Mike Nagie wrote: > > Why is this happening? I'm trying to create encrypted luks partition > > with a keyfile. > > > > cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1 > > > > WARNING! > > This will overwrite data on /dev/sda2 irrevocably. > > > > Are you sure? (Type uppercase yes): YES > > Maximum keyfile size exceeded. > > cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1 10.54s user 4.55s system 83% > > cpu 18.1 > > > > (and sometimes: command failed with code 22 invalid argument) > > > > cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda2 home -d /dev/sdb1 > > Maximum keyfile size exceeded. > > cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda2 home -d /dev/sdb1 10.43s user > > 4.64s system 99% cpu 15.103 total > > -- > > You are so lucky! > > _______________________________________________ > > dm-crypt mailing list > > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > > -- > Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx > GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 > ---- > A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato > > If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of > "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- You are so lucky! _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
