Re: [dm-crypt] [PATCH] print warning when adding a key that contains non-ASCII characters

[Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>]

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 08:47:49AM +0100, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> > There's no way to determine whether e.g. the keymap on the console is
> > the same as in X. Ie a key with umlauts added in an xterm may not be
> > usable during boot. So when using e.g. an encrypted root partition
> > users could lock themselves out. So I wonder whether a patch like
> > the following would be acceptable?
> 
> Any opinions?

I think this is the wrong approach. Having a warning prominently
in the man-page is better. Although an option to echo input
back at the user, clearly marked "debug only" in man-page and
--help output would occasionally be useful.

Arno
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