From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from karen.lavabit.com (karen.lavabit.com [72.249.41.33]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:27:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from a.earth.lavabit.com (a.earth.lavabit.com [192.168.111.10]) by karen.lavabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4AA011B751 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:54:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 10.8.0.6 (92-48-124-8.static.as29550.net [92.48.124.8]) by lavabit.com with ESMTP id BC2IBYOD7HXG for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:54:34 -0500 From: PsiStormYamato In-Reply-To: <20110415165847.GA6329@tansi.org> References: <4DA84DA2.3020302@gmail.com> <20110415165847.GA6329@tansi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:54:30 -0400 Message-ID: <1302900870.30976.6.camel@desktop-10-10> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Bug Report to Ubuntu regarding dangerous installer List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de Is this an old issue, or one that only exists in recent versions of Ubuntu? I've never had any problems, but I always use Ubuntu's Alternate install, which I'm guessing would have more textual warnings and whatnot since it is a text-based installer after all. On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 18:58 +0200, Arno Wagner wrote > The dm-crypt mailing list (archive here: > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt) > has had several reports that the Ubuntu installer creates > new LUKS partitions (encrypted partitions) on top of exisiting > ones without giving adequate warning and at the same time > giving the impression that the existing LUKS partition would be > activated. The rather clear warning and verification question > asked by the cryptsetup tool seems to get disabled with the > "--batch-mode" option.