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From: Saku Laesvuori via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>
Cc: Caleb Herbert <csh@bluehome.net>, 66746@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66746: LUKS password prompt invisible, prompts twice
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:02:58 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7ms7bom7ixhuh2ieel6o3ydogrcnzyx465a4pa2zfqufvssf3c@ana6orr4s3s4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87jzr752hk.fsf@jpoiret.xyz>

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> Hi Caleb,
> 
> Caleb Herbert <csh@bluehome.net> writes:
> 
> > Hardware: ThinkPad X200
> > Firmware: Libreboot 2016
> > OS: Guix System
> >
> > Expected behavior:
> > Password prompt. Enter LUKS passphrase. Log into computer.
> >
> > Actual behavior:
> > Password prompt. Enter LUKS passphrase. Select boot option from GRUB menu. Hangs, no password prompt. Enter passphrase (again) anyway: Boots normally.
> 
> I think this is a combination of two things: first, we currently need to
> unlock the drive once for GRUB, and then once when Linux boots, hence
> the two password prompts.  This is a known limitation, but the usual
> workaround of adding a keyfile to the initrd wouldn't work in our case
> for security reasons: the keyfile would end up in the store and be
> world-readable, a disaster.

I believe a patch[1] enabling this is waiting for a review.

[1]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65002

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-27 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-25 11:49 bug#66746: LUKS password prompt invisible, prompts twice Caleb Herbert
2023-10-26 18:44 ` kasper.andersson--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-10-27 18:44 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-10-27 19:02   ` Saku Laesvuori via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2023-10-28 11:07 ` kasper.andersson--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-10-29  8:21 ` Jake
2023-10-29 11:48 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-10-30 10:50   ` Jake
2023-10-29 16:04 ` James Smith via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-10-30 12:33 ` Jake
2023-10-30 16:49 ` X
2023-11-01 10:03   ` Jake

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