Bug 446930 - kickstart encrypted filesystem prompt for passphrase doesn't work
Summary: kickstart encrypted filesystem prompt for passphrase doesn't work
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Lehman
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2008-05-16 17:13 UTC by Chris Schanzle
Modified: 2009-02-16 20:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-02-16 20:32:14 UTC
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Description Chris Schanzle 2008-05-16 17:13:37 UTC 
Kickstart will not prompt for a passphrase when the actual passphrase is omitted
as documented in kickstart-docs.txt. I'm using options "--encrypted
--passphrase=".  Result is unencrypted devices.  Happens with both "text" and
graphical installs.  Actually giving a password using --passphrase=password
works, but is insecure to embed in the kickstart file.

100% reproducible.

I'm hopeful an anaconda patch to load during kickstart will appear so we don't
have to wait for F10.
Comment 1 Philip Mather 2008-06-04 11:45:39 UTC 
Bump, vote or whatever.
   I really need this or even better to be able to specify a location to write a
key to such as "--key-file=/dev/sdc1/disk.key" would be unbelievably handy. I
can then prompt the user either post-install or at first-boot to set a
pass-phrase as an alternative or then and a company wide recovery key somehow.
Comment 2 David Lehman 2008-08-14 19:51:53 UTC 
Fix will be in anaconda-11.4.1.29-1 (rawhide).
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