From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tansi.org (ns.km10532-04.keymachine.de [87.118.102.195]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:12:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-74-164-239.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.74.164.239]) by tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5E52E121830C for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:12:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:12:40 +0200 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20100904091240.GA22707@tansi.org> References: <1283487886.3576.31.camel@shadowtek.localdomain> <20100903073039.GB3410@tansi.org> <1283528215.4980.64.camel@shadowtek.localdomain> <20100903181646.GB11768@tansi.org> <1283542740.2186.12.camel@shadowtek.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1283542740.2186.12.camel@shadowtek.localdomain> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Can't add a new key, "No key available with this passphrase". List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 03:39:00PM -0400, PsiStormYamato wrote: > The basic concept that an existing password should be required to add a > new password is obvious "if you think about", but that doesn't mean that > a newbie will automatically know that the first password that cryptsetup > asks for will be for an existing password. Others may assume, as I did, > that, if an *existing* password is needed to authenticate the the > attempt to add a new key, clear language would be used to indicate that > event. Otherwise, someone may make the mistake of assuming, as I did, > that I was being asked for the new password that I wanted to enter, and > that authentication would follow. > > Anyway, my point is that a simple modification of the wording of > cryptsetup's responses would help to prevent such a problem with future > newbies. I agree. @Milan: Do we have a wish-list process for things like this besides asking on the list? If so, its another thing I should add to the FAQ. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier