From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AE5C433B4 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2021 20:28:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.server123.net (mail.server123.net [78.46.64.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61DAE611C0 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2021 20:28:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 61DAE611C0 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=wagner.name Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dm-crypt-bounces@saout.de X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at saout.de Received-SPF: None (mailfrom) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=84.19.178.47; helo=v1.tansi.org; envelope-from=arno@wagner.name; receiver= Received: from v1.tansi.org (mail.tansi.org [84.19.178.47]) by mail.server123.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:25:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (81-6-44-245.init7.net [81.6.44.245]) by v1.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2EEFF140250 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:25:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: by gatewagner.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 016D817A26B; Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:25:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:25:42 +0200 From: Arno Wagner To: dm-crypt@saout.de Message-ID: <20210425202542.GA25083@tansi.org> Mail-Followup-To: dm-crypt@saout.de References: <7bad0bc2-fb8b-60bd-ed5d-68ba3e62b4c7@posteo.net> <24708.26121.660646.671275@cyme.ty.sabi.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <24708.26121.660646.671275@cyme.ty.sabi.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Message-ID-Hash: I2W6QVJQBMEEKDBYBEDBYD5LOBPFWG5K X-Message-ID-Hash: I2W6QVJQBMEEKDBYBEDBYD5LOBPFWG5K X-MailFrom: arno@wagner.name X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-dm-crypt.saout.de-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.2 Precedence: list Subject: [dm-crypt] Re: Help: problem with an encrypted USB drive List-Id: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 20:40:09 CEST, Peter Grandi wrote: > > First, the USB drive started to change its permissions to > > *write protected* when I was doing file transfers. Then, I run > > the system utility tool fsck to check and fix the filesystem > > as I suspected that errors therein might cause the behaviour. > > That is rather vague and not very useful. > > > After running fsck unsuccessfully, the *USB drive stopped > > working altogether* > > Most likely explanatuions: it is either defective or it has a > fake size. There are a lot of fake flash drives. > > > My question is: Can the LUKS encryption itself cause the > > described behaviour? > > No. I second that. LUKS has only a minor impact on the access pattern. A disk that dies with LUKS will also die without LUKS. Sounds very much like defective hardware and no connection to LUKS. Regards, Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list -- dm-crypt@saout.de To unsubscribe send an email to dm-crypt-leave@saout.de