misleading "incorrect password" error when lacking permissions to unlock luks
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When logged into a Ubuntu 12.04.2 server through x2go, I attempted to use the gnome-disk-utility (palimpsest from gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-2ubuntu7) to unlock a luks encrypted filesystem on a removable device. I got the error "Incorrect Passphrase. Try again" even though I was using the correct passphrase (which I could use with "cryptsetup luksOpen" as root).
I believe the real reason I couldn't unlock the device with gnome-diskutility was that the default policykit org.freedesktop
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-2ubuntu7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 1 23:02:56 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.