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Bug 124207 (Cryptsetup-luks_utf8) - Crytpsetup-luks utf8 problem
Summary: Crytpsetup-luks utf8 problem
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: Cryptsetup-luks_utf8
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Benjamin Smee (strerror) (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2006-02-26 15:08 UTC by Ali Polatel
Modified: 2006-04-22 14:03 UTC (History)
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Description Ali Polatel 2006-02-26 15:08:47 UTC
I have my partitions with cryptsetup-luks with the help of the wiki "http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_FileSystem_Encryption_without_ROOT".The encryption worked fine and I also could mount the encrypted partitions without any problems.Then I've restarted my computer and when I was asked for a password on boot no matter how many times I've tried it refused to decrypt with the error wrong password.Hopefully I had a backup.
I guess this is because I use utf8 ( I didn't use any non-english character in the password but I can't think of any other reason)
Regards,
Ali Polatel
Comment 1 Benjamin Smee (strerror) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-09 09:46:44 UTC
The problem is related to the fact that you don't have a UTF-8 environment during the boot process, so its not understanding your UTF-8 symbols. You should be fine if you use standard encoding for your password (ie non utf-8 symbols).
I'm not sure of the best solution for this. I'll have a think and chat with some people and see what I can do. I will just add a warning about it in the meantime.
Comment 2 Benjamin Smee (strerror) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-04-22 14:03:11 UTC
can't be done at this time.