Re: "geli: Wrong key" with a simple passphrase. Doesn't handle the keyboard input

From: Aurelien Martin <01aurelien_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:42:55 +0100
Hi all,

Is there people that can try to geli an external USB disk with a simple
passphrase on CURRENT and tell me if the passphrase prompt shown the input,
and if it's possible to attach it ?

Cheers,Aurelien

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# uname -a
FreeBSD  11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r271779: Fri Sep 19 01:18:53
UTC 2014     root_at_grind.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/RPI-
B  arm

#kldstat
 2    1 0xc2e49000 17000    geom_eli.ko
 3    1 0xc2e60000 2a000    crypto.ko


# sysctl kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1
kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase: 0 -> 1

#### Nothing print in the prompt ####

# geli init da0
Enter new passphrase:
Reenter new passphrase:

#### Impossible to attach the device with a simple passphrase. Tried 20x
####
geli attach da0
Enter passphrase:
geli: Wrong key for da0




2014-11-08 21:26 GMT+01:00 Aurelien Martin <01aurelien_at_gmail.com>:

> Dear all,
>
> I tried to geli my external USB drive da0 with a simple passphrase
> But I'm getting "Wrong key for da0" when I want to attach it.
> geli seems not to handle my keyboard input when I type my password.
>
> Let me know if I have forgot a step.
>
> Cheers,Aurelien
>
> Log
> --
>
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD  11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r271779: Fri Sep 19 01:18:53
> UTC 2014     root_at_grind.freebsd.org:/usr/
> obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/RPI-B  arm
>
> # sysctl kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1
> kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase: 0 -> 1
>
>
> What I have done :
> The prompt doesn't handle my keyboard input, nothing printed
>
> # geli init da0
> Enter new passphrase:
> Reenter new passphrase:
> Metadata backup can be found in /var/backups/da0.eli and
> ...
>
> # geli attach da0
> Enter passphrase:
> geli: Wrong key for da0.
>
>
> # cat /var/backups/da0.eli | hexdump -c | head -1
> 0000000   G   E   O   M   :   :   E   L   I  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
>
Received on Fri Nov 14 2014 - 15:42:56 UTC

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