From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
Cc: "Jakub Kądziołka" <kuba@kadziolka.net>, 38924@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38924: Encrypted root volume requires passphrase twice on boot
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 20:56:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87woa73shv.fsf@nckx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pnfznhsw.fsf@mattleach.net>
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Matthew,
Matthew Leach 写道:
> I've setup guix on two machines each one of them with an
> encrypted root
> partition. However, on boot I'm prompted for my passphrase
> twice, once
> before the grub menu is shown and second after Linux has started
> and
> launched guile as init.
Unfortunately, this is expected.
GRUB needs to decrypt the volume to load the Linux-Libre kernel
and initrd, and there's no agreed-upon secure way for GRUB to pass
the passphrase or key to the kernel/initrd. So you're prompted
for it again when the volume is actually mounted by the kernel.
> I would expect to have to only enter my passphrase once per
> boot.
Most distributions hack around this limitation by including the
unencrypted LUKS key in the initrd on the encrypted volume itself.
Guix doesn't currently have any code to do the same.
This has been a problem for years but, by sheer coincidence, Jakub
Kądziołka (CC'd) mentioned that this was on their to-do list for
next week.
Kind regards,
T G-R
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2020-01-04 19:27 bug#38924: Encrypted root volume requires passphrase twice on boot Matthew Leach
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