[Bug 305745] Re: non-ASCII characters in passphrases are ignored in Ubuntu 8.04 (behavior change in 8.10)

[Jean-Louis Dupond]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Hardy reached EOL on May 12, 2011.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

I've tried recreating this bug with Hardy and was unable to, given the
information you've provided. Please either a) upgrade and test or b)
increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to cryptsetup in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305745

Title:
  non-ASCII characters in passphrases are ignored in Ubuntu 8.04
  (behavior change in 8.10)

Status in “cryptsetup” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 8.04 with kernel 2.6.24), non-ASCII characters are ignored when the system asks for a
  passphrase! This behaviour has now changed (kernel 2.6.27/Ubuntu 8.10).

  ----------------------------
  original report:
  When I installed Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 I used the Alternate CD and chose the LVM with encrypted root partition option.

  I've recently upgraded to Intrepid 8.10, and since then I receive the
  following messages when the system asks me for the passphrase to
  unlock the disk:

  =========== (hand-copied)
  Command failed: No key available with this passphrase.

  cryptsetup: cryptsetup failed, bad password or options?
  ===========

  I've tried to boot both with kernels 2.6.27-7 and 2.6.27-9, with the
  same result. I can boot the system with the old linux image 2.6.24-22
  (from Hardy 8.04). All the files I attach are from the system booted
  with linux image 2.6.24-22, if not stated the contrary.

  I've not tried to boot from a live CD, yet, and mount the encrypted
  partitions from there (maybe the next step?).

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/305745/+subscriptions