> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Todd And Margo Chester
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     On 08/04/2012 06:25 AM, Tam Nguyen wrote:
>
>         Thanks Todd.
>
>         -Tam
>
>         On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Todd And Margo Chester
>         <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>         <mailto:[log in to unmask]
>         <mailto:[log in to unmask]>__>> wrote:
>
>              On 07/31/2012 05:29 AM, Tam Nguyen wrote:
>
>                  You are very welcome, Todd.
>                  Please share with us your finding.  I would love to
>         learn the
>                  mystery
>                  behind your issue.
>
>                  -Tam
>
>
>              Hi Tam,
>
>              So far:
>                   crypttab coughs on passwords with space:
>         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/____show_bug.cgi?id=845698
>         <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=845698>
>
>              <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=845698
>         <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845698>>
>
>                   Crypttab does not mount volume at boot:
>         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/____show_bug.cgi?id=845701
>         <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=845701>
>
>              <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=845701
>         <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845701>>
>
>              Red Hat is pretty good about looking into these things,
>              so now we wait.
>
>              -T
>
>
>     Hi Tam,
>
>     Figured it out.  Or, rather the Red Hat guys figured it out for me.
>
>     As it transpires, crypttab thinks everything in the key file
>     is part of the pass phrase AND THAT INCLUDES THE *stinkin'*
>     LINE FEED!
>
>     You can see what I mean with the following:
>           $ echo "abc" | hexdump -c
>           0000000   a   b   c  \n
>
>     The \n at the end is the line feed and crypttab thinks
>     it is part of the pass phrase!
>
>     To create a \n free key file, you have to use "-n" option
>     in "echo".  For instance:
>           $ echo -n "abc" | hexdump -c
>           0000000   a   b   c
>
>     As you can see, no \n at the end.
>
>     I asked Red Hat if they would document this is the man page.
>     I have not heard back from them yet.
>     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/__show_bug.cgi?id=845701
>     <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845701>
>
>     [editorial comment]__AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!__!!![/editorial
>     comment]
>
>     Thank you for all the help in fixing this.  I commented out my rc.local
>     work around and fstab now mounts /lin-bak correct at boot.
>
>     -T
>
>

On 08/07/2012 05:32 AM, Tam Nguyen wrote:> Hi Todd,
 > Thank you for the update.  I am going to test that out.
 >
 > -Tam
 >

Hi Tam,

If all else fails, I wrote a proposed update to the man page.

crypttab tab man page password section needs to be update
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=846140

And, Red Hat accepted it!

-T