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title="NEW --- - cryptsetup can not handle passwordless truecrypt volumes"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75816">75816</a>
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<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>cryptsetup can not handle passwordless truecrypt volumes
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<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<td>Unclassified
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>fergofrog@fergofrog.com
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<td>All
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<td>NEW
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Component</th>
<td>general
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<td>systemd
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<pre>From commit 66a5dbdf282435403f947c2caadd04bb0cdec752 which introduced
requirements for /dev/* keyfiles to have .device services added, the
documentation for handling passwordless truecrypt volumes is now incorrect. The
suggested behaviour from `man crypttab` is to use /dev/null in the password
field. After the above commit, a dev-null.device service is added as a
requirement to mount the crypttab devices. This is incorrect as there is no
need for a /dev/null device, nor does it exist (causing the boot to hang as it
waits for the mount to timeout).
A temporary work around is to create a blank file and specify it in the
password column and continue using the tcrypt-keyfile option.
As an aside, the example at the bottom of `man crypttab` uses `/null' in the
password column, I suspect this is incorrect too (and did not work for me).</pre>
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