From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ffNsFJzvuQhp for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:01:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-ee0-f50.google.com (mail-ee0-f50.google.com [74.125.83.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:01:35 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ee0-f50.google.com with SMTP id c41so3440228eek.37 for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:01:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5097806B.5030209@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:01:31 +0100 From: Milan Broz MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20121101204548.GA6584@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20121101204548.GA6584@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Boots up string "Password for filesystem" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: nicalvaro@lavabit.com Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de On 11/01/2012 09:45 PM, nicalvaro@lavabit.com wrote: > I've looked in the cryptsetup source and I can't figure out where the > string "Password for filesystem" is. I don't think any other program > would be making this request, Of course that other programs ask for password during boot.. (later piping passphrase to cryptsetup) You did not mention your distro, but exactly this query was performed by some older dracut (or plymouth) during boot. Search Google for prompt="Password for filesystem" ;-) Milan