[hardy beta] encrypting partitions at installation should allow for single passphrase to unlock all

Bug #212075 reported by Christer Edwards
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
partman-crypto (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: debian-installer

I selected 'manual partitioning' during installation and encrypted two partitions. I find it annoying/overkill to ask for a passphrase for each of these partitions during boot. It would be nice if there were at least an option of 'use shared passphrase' or something, allowing the user to unlock multiple encrypted partitions with a single passphrase.

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in debian-installer:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Dave Gomboc (davegomboc) wrote :

This is still a problem even through Karmic (9.10) and Lucid (10.04) beta 1: in various situations, input is eaten, or prompts for decryption of a second device are never received.

Changed in partman-crypto (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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