Bug#618862: systemd: ignores keyscript in crypttab

[Rick Thomas]

On Oct 16, 2015, at 3:02 AM, Marcello Barnaba <vjt at openssl.it> wrote:

>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:40:25 +0100 Mourad De Clerck wrote:
>> my root and swap partition are encrypted with cryptsetup; root uses a custom
>> keyscript and swap uses the cryptsetup-provided "decrypt_derived" keyscript.
>> systemd seems to be unable to work with keyscripts at all
> 
> I confirm the same problem albeit while using the passdev keyscript.
> 
> Workaround: add "luks=no" to the kernel command line to disable systemd's generator: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.html
> 
> Debian Jessie *supports* keyscripts, as long as faulty software is disabled.
> 
> ~Marcello

Marcello,

Does this work for encrypted root as well?  Or is it only for things like swap and /home that can wait until after switching out of initramdisk?
If it works for encrypted root, this is genuinely good news!


Thanks!
Rick