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Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] LUKS linux encrypted file system causing file corruption
From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs () researchut ! com>
Date: 2015-12-02 8:16:10
Message-ID: 1449043450.11060.44.camel () researchut ! com
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Did you get a chance to verify what Ralf and Arno asked for ?
I'd too, be interested to know the findings. In the initial post, you
did not mention what file system you were on ?
Also, interesting is Ralf's point. Are you copying the file while it is
opened by another process ?
Ritesh
On Mon, 2015-11-30 at 13:47 +0100, Ralf Ramsauer wrote:
> Hi Sumit,
>
> a change of the checksum implies that the source and destination file
> differ. The reason why it differs is another question.
> Does the checksum also differ if you copy it from unencrypted to
> unencrypted?
>
> First, please check your dmesg log if something suspicious occurs
> during the copy process. A hard drive failure might also explain your
> problem. As you're using VMs, check the dmesg of the hypervisor
> machine which accesses the actual hardware.
>
> Second, ensure that the source file is not changed during the copy
> process and also not afterwards when comparing the checksums. Same
> applies to the destination. You might want to use 'lsof' to check if
> some process is accessing the file.
>
> Just a guess - ...you mentioned VMs and a file of around 5GB...
> Sounds like you're trying to copy a VM image, eh?
> If so, make sure that your virtualization software does not touch the
> file during copy.
>
> Cheers
> Ralf
>
> On 11/30/2015 10:19 AM, Sumit Kumar wrote:
> > I am having a LUKS encrypted Linux file system (dmCrypt). When I
> > copy a huge file, around 5 GB of file, from un-encrypted linux file
> > system to LUKS encrypted linux file system then the target copied
> > file MD5 changed.
> > I am not sure does it corrupting the file as the MD5 changed?
> > I am using CentOS 6.5 and working on VMs not on physical machine.
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated .
> >
> > --
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Sumit Kumar
> >
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