plymouth ask-for-password doesn't display --prompt argument
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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plymouth (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Steve Langasek | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
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High
|
Steve Langasek |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: plymouth
Updating cryptsetup to integrate with plymouth, I find that I'm presented at boot with a padlock and an entry field, but no text explaining what I'm unlocking. This information has been passed as 'plymouth ask-for-password --prompt="my prompt string"', but plymouth doesn't appear to be using it.
Since a system may have multiple encrypted disks, each requiring a distinct passphrase for decryption, it is vital that the prompt be presented to the user.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 14 15:34:04 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.0~-5
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: plymouth
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-8-generic x86_64
Related branches
Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
There is also no change in the boot splash when calling 'plymouth message --text=string', so e.g., there is no feedback on a failed passphrase. I'm speculating that these two issues have the same root cause.