Questions tagged [cryptswap]
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Swap not working on clean 14.04 install using encrypted home
Update 3:
I decided to reinstall the system from scratch to remove any old cruft lying around since I had been experiencing some other issues after the upgrade aswell. Howver, this issue persisted.
On a clean install, choosing to install using…
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Warnings about cryptsetup on new Ubuntu 17.10 installation?
I have just downloaded and installed a fresh Ubuntu 17.10 server system.
Upon running sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade I happened to notice these two warnings:
WARNING: Setting CRYPTSETUP in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf is deprecated and…
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swapon: stat of /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 failed: No such file or directory
I have an issue with creating encrypted swap.
I follow these steps
sudo swapoff -a
Comment existing swap configuration in /etc/crypttab
Comment existing swap configuration in /etc/fstab
Re-format swap partition with gparted as linux-swap
sudo…
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Increase size of encrypted swap
Ubuntu 18.04 is by default creating a random encrypted swap during each boot using dm-crypt/Swap encryption. For me, this is creating a 1gb swap but I cannot find where to increase the size of the swap it creates on each boot. How can we increase…
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Swap partition not active
My swap partition is neither mounted nor active.
My system does find/recognise the swap partition but that is it
My fstab entries:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
#…
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Why enter passphrase for cryptswap?
After some moving of partitions, my Ubuntu Mate still boots, but strangely it asks for a passphrase for the cryptswap1 volume. I don’t enter anything and hit enter and it works. As I understand it, the swap partition only needs a random passphrase…
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Can't apt-get install ot remove any package. initramfs-tool failed
When I try install something, it seems my cryptswap got a problem.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package meofetch
t@pop-os:~$ sudo apt-get remove neofetch
Reading…
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Freezing ubuntu 17.04 empty crypttab
I am experiencing random freezes in Ubuntu.
I went through several fixes proposed (checking nvidia drivers, etc..) but no solution. I bumped into Ubuntu 17.04 Freezing Issue and tried to change the crypttab.
I followed the instruction but upon…
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Ubuntu 16.04 System crash when out of RAM
After upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04 from 15.10. I experienced crashes (system not responding, requiring a power off) every time I was running out of physical memory (using up all the RAM).
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16.04 Swap partition wants password on startup after Gparted resize
Ubuntu new user here. Booted off the 16.04 USB stick last night and used GParted to resize the primary Ubuntu partition - made it larger using some unallocated space.
Now I'm getting a prompt on startup asking for a passphrase. Same type of prompt…
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Cryptsetup waiting for encrytped source device /swapfile
I tried to comment on this post but I don't have enough reputation. I'm having the same issue as that user, except that I can't find my /etc/crypttab directory and I can't find my /etc/fstab directory either.
Some additional info:
I have several…
Alex Eastman
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How to mount swap encrypted with LUKS on boot?
I've got a LUKS partition at /dev/sdb8.
When I decrypt it, there's a swap space at /dev/mapper/luks-bb0c88f3-1207-4db5-bb88-22a33c006d0b.
What's the correct syntax for /etc/crypttab?
The partition is encrypted with a password. I want to activate it…
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"Please enter passphrase..." after disk restore using clonezilla
Am using Ubuntu 16.04.
I cloned my disk using Clonezilla.
I ran the upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.
I was unable to boot the system after the upgrade
I restored the cloned disk using Clonezilla.
Now, when I boot the machine, I get the message "Please enter…
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19.10: A swap problem related to crypttab and updating
I updated last night as seen in my logs.
Start-Date: 2020-03-16 13:56:51
Commandline: apt upgrade
Requested-By: logan (1001)
Install: linux-image-5.3.0-42-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-42.34, automatic), linux-tools-5.3.0-42:amd64 (5.3.0-42.34, automatic),…
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No prompt for swap partition passphrase after upgrade
I have two encrypted partitions on my system (/etc/fstab contains following lines:)
/dev/mapper/sda2_crypt / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/mapper/sda3_crypt none swap sw 0 0
Before release…
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