[Bug 919402] Re: Password for Encrypted LVM no longer valid

[Jean-Louis Dupond]

what errors did you get exacltly when trying luksOpen?

Could you also run cryptsetup luksOpen with debug? (--debug)

** Changed in: cryptsetup (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Password for Encrypted LVM no longer valid

Status in “cryptsetup” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Did a fresh install on a number of laptops with the alternate CD of
  Ubuntu 11.10. Encrypted LVM, whole disk, guided setup. Finished
  install, applied all the upgrades that are available, restarted the
  system a couple of times, everything works so I shipped them off to
  our staff.

  Two of the laptops, both HP ProBook 4530s (i5, 4 GB, 600 GB) came back
  in a span of 14 days with the same symptom, the issued passphrase for
  unlocking the encrypted LVM at boot is no longer valid. One of the
  laptops came in twice with this problem. I had no choice but to wipe
  the disks and reinstall them, booting off a live CD and trying to
  access the the LVM with cryptsetup failed as well.

  There is zero chance the users tried to change the passphrase in Disk
  Utility and screwed something up.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: cryptsetup 2:1.1.3-4ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jan 20 22:11:15 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cryptsetup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  crypttab: sda5_crypt UUID=84f2d323-c02e-4b28-b247-9730038b1e00 none luks

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