Re: cryptsetup mistakenly includes newline character in passphrase

Hi Christoph,

I understand.
Then it seems that I got confused.

Thanks.

Best regards,
David.


On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 7:03 PM Christoph Anton Mitterer
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hey.
>
> In your script, you create the volume via:
> > printf "%s\n" "${PASSPHRASE}" | cryptsetup "${cmd_cryptsetup_params[@]}" --type=luks2 luksFormat ${DEVP}5 -
>
> With the "-" in the end meaning "read the key file from stdin"... so it
> takes up everything presented (up to some compiled-in maximum).
>
> There you have a trailing "\n" in the printf.
>
>
> When opening you also read a keyfile from stdin, but you don't give a
> trailing "\n":
> > printf "%s" "${PASSPHRASE}" | cryptsetup --verbose --debug --key-file - open ${DEVP}5 debug_open
>
>
> Cheers,
> Chris.



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Best regards,
David.