"geli: Wrong key" with a simple passphrase. Doesn't handle the keyboard input
Aurelien Martin
01aurelien at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 20:26:45 UTC 2014
Dear all,
I tried to geli my external USB drive da0 with a simple passphrase
But I'm getting "Wrong key for da0" when I want to attach it.
geli seems not to handle my keyboard input when I type my password.
Let me know if I have forgot a step.
Cheers,Aurelien
Log
--
# uname -a
FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r271779: Fri Sep 19 01:18:53
UTC 2014 root at grind.freebsd.org:/usr/
obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/RPI-B arm
# sysctl kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1
kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase: 0 -> 1
What I have done :
The prompt doesn't handle my keyboard input, nothing printed
# geli init da0
Enter new passphrase:
Reenter new passphrase:
Metadata backup can be found in /var/backups/da0.eli and
...
# geli attach da0
Enter passphrase:
geli: Wrong key for da0.
# cat /var/backups/da0.eli | hexdump -c | head -1
0000000 G E O M : : E L I \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0
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