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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0004541 | Kali Linux | General Bug | public | 2018-02-15 04:24 | 2018-10-30 11:06 |
Reporter | meizikyn | Assigned To | rhertzog | ||
Priority | low | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | suspended | ||
Product Version | 2017.3 | ||||
Summary | 0004541: Forensics mode auto-mounts all local partitions at boot | ||||
Description | When booting a live system in "Forensics Mode", the kernel (or what looks like an initramfs script /init/premount.sh) attempts to mount every partition in my system. It then hangs indefinitely attempting to do this when it reaches my first NTFS partition, preventing boot. I thought the only thing forensics mode was for, was to prevent this behavior; super terrifying. | ||||
Steps To Reproduce | Boot kernel and initrd from hdd in forensics mode (noswap, noautomount) | ||||
Additional Information | I am using the kernel and initrd from the Install ISO to load the live-squashfs from an ext4 partition (as opposed to a CD/DVD/USB), as I am not at liberty to load the ISO in a more "supported" fashion. Clearly the way I am booting is unsupported, however I believe forensics mode should disable any automounting scripts regardless, unless ignoring noautomount was intended in the ISO boot method? | ||||
FWIW the "noautomount" keyword is meant to disable the "automount" feature of modern desktops and that's what it does. Are you sure that the initramfs tries to mount all partitions? Isn't it simply respecting /etc/fstab? How did you witness that it actually tried to mount all partitions? |
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I don't believe it is parsing fstab, as the fstab of "filesystem.squashfs" is empty. I am witnessing the mounting process(s) occur via. boot messages as the kernel loads. /* Boot Messages strange because the files live in LVM, and the root-fs in squashfs fileEXT4-fs (sda2): mounting ext2 file system using the ext4 subsystem continues to mount through my partitions on "sda" until reaching an NTFS fs; reaching the NTFS filesystem, it hangs at message I initially believed this to be occurring during the initrd phase, however upon dumping the CPIO, I could not find this script, will keep looking for it's location. |
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If you are not able to provide more information, we will close this bug in a little while. Please find out what is responsible of the undesired mounts on your system. |
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Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x/2017.x/2018.1), these legacy versions are no longer supported. Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)? If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup? |
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Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2018-02-15 04:24 | meizikyn | New Issue | |
2018-02-15 14:29 | rhertzog | Note Added: 0008683 | |
2018-02-15 14:29 | rhertzog | Assigned To | => rhertzog |
2018-02-15 14:29 | rhertzog | Status | new => feedback |
2018-02-16 00:48 | meizikyn | Note Added: 0008684 | |
2018-02-16 00:48 | meizikyn | Status | feedback => assigned |
2018-06-22 06:19 | g0tmi1k | Severity | major => minor |
2018-07-27 09:24 | rhertzog | Status | assigned => feedback |
2018-07-27 09:24 | rhertzog | Note Added: 0009391 | |
2018-10-30 11:06 | g0tmi1k | Status | feedback => closed |
2018-10-30 11:06 | g0tmi1k | Resolution | open => suspended |
2018-10-30 11:06 | g0tmi1k | Note Added: 0009852 |