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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333858

           Summary: LUKS encrypted swap doesn't get mounted on startup
           Product: openSUSE 10.3
           Version: Final
          Platform: i586
        OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Basesystem
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: bockhold@xxxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
          Found By: Other


Following the howto
(http://en.opensuse.org/Encrypted_Root_File_System_with_SUSE_HOWTO) I've got a
problem with the mounting of the swap partition.

In contrast to the recommended workflow I reserved a free partition for swap.
After booting the system from the encrypted root device I used the reserved
partiton to create an encrypted swap partition with Yast. Yast did this and
inserted the following lines to the respective files:


/etc/crypttab

cr_sda5 /dev/sda5       none            luks


/etc/fstab

/dev/mapper/cr_sda5     swap    swap    defaults        0       0


During boot I get prompted for the password. Entering the correct one shows
"Succesful." of LUKS. But then "Activating swap" fails.

When the system has come up there is no device node "cr_sda5" in /dev/mapper.
Besides a popup window appears asking me to enter the key for this partition
again. After doing so a device node "luks..." appears in /dev/mapper on which
you can activate swap.

CONCLUSION/PROBLEM IN SHORT: The script "boot.crypto" or whichever is
responsible asks for the luks-password of the encrypted partition during boot
but the appropriate device node in /dev/mapper does not get created.


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