Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:50:58 GMT From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/157863: kbdmux prevents geli passwords from being entered properly on boot Message-ID: <201106140350.p5E3ow80002182@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201106140400.p5E40KQ4033920@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 157863 >Category: kern >Synopsis: kbdmux prevents geli passwords from being entered properly on boot >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 14 04:00:20 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Simmons >Release: 8.2-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: >Description: If you initialize a geli encrypted provider using the "-b" flag to have it ask for the password during boot and you have kbdmux enabled as it is by default there is a conflict and the correct password is not accepted. >How-To-Repeat: Initialize a geli encrypted provider with the "-b" option. Add it to fstab so it is mounted at boot. Reboot. Notice that the correct password is rejected. >Fix: The workaround is to add the following line to /boot/device.hints hint.kbdmux.0.disabled="1" You can confirm that you are entering the correct password by adding the following line to /boot/loader.conf kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1 >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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