You are welcome. Arno On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 19:49:21 CEST, Mike Nagie wrote: > 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 -- 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
