Bug 500566 – When kernel does not support filename encryption `ecryptfs-add-passphrase --fnek' should exit with exit code != 0

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Bug 500566 - When kernel does not support filename encryption `ecryptfs-add-passphrase --fnek' should exit with exit code != 0

Summary:	When kernel does not support filename encryption `ecryptfs-add-passphrase --f...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ecryptfs-utils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Michal Hlavinka
QA Contact:	BaseOS QE
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Reported:	2009-05-13 06:20 EDT by Michal Nowak
Modified:	2013-03-07 21:06 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2009-09-02 05:57:23 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2009:1307	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: ecryptfs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2009-09-01 06:20:43 EDT

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Description Michal Nowak 2009-05-13 06:20:05 EDT

Description of problem:

[root@hp-ml370g4-01 ~]# printf "%s" "passphrase" | ecryptfs-add-passphrase --fnek -

Error: Your kernel does not support filename encryption
[root@hp-ml370g4-01 ~]# echo $?
0

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

ecryptfs-utils-75-1.el5
Linux hp-ml370g4-01.rhts.bos.redhat.com 2.6.18-146.el5 #1 SMP Mon May 11 18:34:46 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

How reproducible:

always

Actual results:

EC == 0

Expected results:

EC != 0

Additional info:

Also the blank line, where usually "Passphrase: " is, should be avoided, when expecting the phrase to be read from stdin.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 05:57:23 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1307.html

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