passphrase is printed to console on Alt-F8

Bug #468499 reported by Michael Reinsch
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: cryptsetup

With Karmic: When booting with an encrypted volume using luks and no keyfile, the system asks for passphrase while booting. This passphrase is printed in plain text to the console on Alt-F8.

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Michael Reinsch (mr-uue) wrote :

this is probably a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/55159 - I really can't believe this is such an old bug.

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