[systemd-devel] How to retry entering PIN for cryptsetup in initrd?

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mo, 14.07.25 13:39, Carl Lei (me at xecycle.info) wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I configure my LUKS to use TPM+PIN, and frequently, when I made a typo
> in the PIN, it falls back to passphrase directly.  My passphrase is a
> random one I don't remember (saved in password managers), so when this
> happens I usually choose to Ctrl-Alt-Del; grabbing the phone is slower
> than waiting it to reboot.  Can I configure it give me some chances to
> retry?

Ask your distro to maybe backport
48cb1ad9c3fde47dc40b4345fa2efb2012596768 and related commits.

Lennart

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