Bug 467202 - Anaconda fails to unlock all previously encrypted partitions
Summary: Anaconda fails to unlock all previously encrypted partitions
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 5.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: David Lehman
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Depends On:
Blocks: RHEL5u3_relnotes
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-16 10:50 UTC by Alexander Todorov
Modified: 2008-11-23 23:28 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Existing encrypted block devices that contain vfat file systems will appear as type 'foreign' in the partitioning interface; as such, these devices will not be mounted automatically during system boot. To ensure that such devices are mounted automatically, add an appropriate entry for them to /etc/fstab. For details on how to do so, refer to man fstab.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-11-13 20:01:22 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
/tmp/anaconda.log from the 2nd install (right after showing partitioning screen) (19.02 KB, text/plain)
2008-10-16 10:50 UTC, Alexander Todorov
no flags Details

Description Alexander Todorov 2008-10-16 10:50:03 UTC
Created attachment 320540 [details]
/tmp/anaconda.log from the 2nd install (right after showing partitioning screen)

Description of problem:
Anaconda fails to unlock all previously encrypted partitions in subsequent install. See steps to reproduce for details. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-11.1.2.136-2

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a system with 2 disks such as:
/dev/sda1 vfat /boot/efi
/dev/sda2 software RAID
/dev/sda3 software RAID
/dev/sda4 ext3 /home, encrypted
/dev/sdb1 software RAID
/dev/sdb2 software RAID
/dev/sdb3 vfat /data, encrypted
/dev/md0, ext3, RAID5 (all partitions), /, encrypted
2. System installs and boots without problems (see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456283#c28)
3. Reboot and initiate second install
4. A prompt appears asking you to enter the pass phrase for /dev/md0. Enter it without selecting "global pass phrase"
5. Although there are 2 other encrypted devices no other prompts appear.
6. Select custom partitioning
  
Actual results:
No prompt for /home and /data partitions. In disk druid they appear as type Foreign

Expected results:
anaconda will ask for pass phrases or other 2 encrypted partitions. 

Additional info:
Data after 1st install:

[root@roentgen ~]# cat /etc/fstab 
/dev/mapper/luks-7aa8c29d-c2fc-447d-a7d3-d937037f1795 /                      
ext3    defaults        1 1
/dev/mapper/luks-e9e0b642-a14c-4c16-9e24-801170499b41 /home                  
ext3    defaults        1 2
/dev/mapper/luks-592f0948-3794-4f2f-ba8a-e52634fd0355 /data                  
vfat    defaults        0 0
/dev/sda1               /boot/efi               vfat    defaults        0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0


[root@roentgen ~]# cat /etc/crypttab 
luks-7aa8c29d-c2fc-447d-a7d3-d937037f1795
UUID=7aa8c29d-c2fc-447d-a7d3-d937037f1795 none
luks-e9e0b642-a14c-4c16-9e24-801170499b41
UUID=e9e0b642-a14c-4c16-9e24-801170499b41 none
luks-592f0948-3794-4f2f-ba8a-e52634fd0355
UUID=592f0948-3794-4f2f-ba8a-e52634fd0355 none


[root@roentgen ~]# cat /proc/mdstat 
Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] 
md0 : active raid5 sdb2[3] sdb1[2] sda3[1] sda2[0]
      31456512 blocks level 5, 256k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]

unused devices: <none>


[root@roentgen ~]# blkid 
/dev/mapper/luks-592f0948-3794-4f2f-ba8a-e52634fd0355: UUID="48F6-E97D"
TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/mapper/luks-e9e0b642-a14c-4c16-9e24-801170499b41: LABEL="/home"
UUID="e0207af4-7e89-4682-b4ab-f9df1dd5f40d" TYPE="ext3" 
/dev/mapper/luks-7aa8c29d-c2fc-447d-a7d3-d937037f1795:
UUID="0ab6c8f9-95b1-490a-9fb8-96ce74f1bd9e" TYPE="ext3" 
/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="/boot/efi" UUID="48F6-E97F" TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="7aa8c29d-c2fc-447d-a7d3-d937037f1795" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" 
/dev/sdb1: UUID="5e0a52ff-ff8a-4f5c-b425-3bc3e48c4f40" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" 
/dev/md0: UUID="7aa8c29d-c2fc-447d-a7d3-d937037f1795" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" 
/dev/sdb3: UUID="592f0948-3794-4f2f-ba8a-e52634fd0355" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" 
/dev/sda4: UUID="e9e0b642-a14c-4c16-9e24-801170499b41" TYPE="crypt_LUKS"

Comment 1 David Lehman 2008-10-16 15:03:46 UTC
What do you see on tty5? And what happens if you run 'cryptsetup isLuks /dev/sdb3' and 'cryptsetup isLuks /dev/sda4' on tty2?

This is on ia64 again, right?

Comment 2 Alexander Todorov 2008-10-17 07:37:29 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> This is on ia64 again, right?

Yes, ia64.


Strange enough this time I was asked for the pass phrase for all 3 block devices in this order: sda4, sdb3, md0. Only sdb3 which is encrypted vfat seems to have problems. The UI shows it as foreign and the logs says:

sh-3.2# grep sdb3 /tmp/anaconda.log 
07:33:23 INFO    : going to get passphrase for encrypted device sdb3
07:33:28 INFO    : mapping LUKS device sdb3 to luks-53f794eb-6cf5-44ad-8095-b15555bf3e46
07:33:36 INFO    : mapping LUKS device sdb3 to luks-53f794eb-6cf5-44ad-8095-b15555bf3e46
07:33:45 INFO    : mapping LUKS device sdb3 to luks-53f794eb-6cf5-44ad-8095-b15555bf3e46
07:33:45 DEBUG   : sdb3 is encrypted; filesystem is 'None'

Comment 3 Alexander Todorov 2008-11-04 13:13:29 UTC
Still seeing this issue with all PVs encrypted and only lv_swap encrypted. Entering pass phrase & selecting "global pass phrase" shows all LVs as foreign.

Comment 4 David Lehman 2008-11-05 18:53:18 UTC
So you have seen two different behaviors (comment #2 being the second). Any ideas what the differentiating factor is?

I was able to reproduce the behavior in comment #2. All LVM devices appear as they should, but the vfat device shows as foreign. The vfat is on sda2. sda3 is an encrypted PV containing an encrypted swap LV and two unencrypted ext3 LVs. I will investigate the vfat showing as foreign since that's the only part I can reproduce.

Comment 5 David Lehman 2008-11-07 14:41:45 UTC
I am still working on a solution, but here's a quick update: the problem is that in RHEL5 we have only one way to detect a vfat filesystem, and that is via parted. The problem is that you cannot pass an arbitrary device to these parted methods and since the device that parted knows about is encrypted it cannot detect the vfat fs. I am looking now for potential solutions.

Comment 6 David Lehman 2008-11-07 16:14:06 UTC
It looks like a fix for this is going to take more effort than is justifiable for encrypted vfat. A potential release note blurb could read something like:

  Pre-existing encrypted block devices containing vfat filesystems will
  appear as type 'foreign' in the partitioning interface. If you want
  the device to be mounted automatically during system boot, you will
  have to manually add an entry to /etc/fstab."

There is a section describing this in the installation guide that might be worth referencing. I don't know what the final URL will be, but here is a link to the content:

http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/ch28s04s07.html

Comment 7 Denise Dumas 2008-11-13 20:01:22 UTC
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the 
"requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly.
All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
Pre-existing encrypted block devices containing vfat filesystems will appear as type 'foreign' in the partitioning interface and will not be mounted automatically during system boot. To causes such devices to be mounted automatically, manually add an entry to /etc/fstab."

Note to Ryan: 
There is a section describing this in the installation guide that might be
worth referencing. I don't know what the final URL will be, but here is a link
to the content:

http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/ch28s04s07.html

Comment 8 Don Domingo 2008-11-23 23:28:19 UTC
thanks Denise. added to RHEL5.3 release notes.

Comment 9 Don Domingo 2008-11-23 23:28:19 UTC
Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the 
"requires_release_notes"  flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly.
All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-Pre-existing encrypted block devices containing vfat filesystems will appear as type 'foreign' in the partitioning interface and will not be mounted automatically during system boot. To causes such devices to be mounted automatically, manually add an entry to /etc/fstab."
+Existing encrypted block devices that contain vfat file systems will appear as type 'foreign' in the partitioning interface; as such, these devices will not be mounted automatically during system boot. To ensure that such devices are mounted automatically, add an appropriate entry for them to /etc/fstab. For details on how to do so, refer to man fstab.-
-Note to Ryan: 
-There is a section describing this in the installation guide that might be
-worth referencing. I don't know what the final URL will be, but here is a link
-to the content:
-
-http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/ch28s04s07.html


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