It was indeed a mistake in mdadm.conf. Many thanks for your help. Walter > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 02:24:52 +0000 > From: launch...@surgut.co.uk > To: walt_st...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 1338044] Re: mdadm prints message containing my root password > > Can you check the contents of your /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf? Also you could > grep your filesystem for your password. mdadm has no access to any user > account passwords, thus I'd recommend you to simply change your > password. > > ** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338044 > > Title: > mdadm prints message containing my root password > > Status in “mdadm” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I have just performed > >sudo apt-get update > >[my admin password] > >sudo apt-get upgrade > > at the end of the upgrade process, (just after the message > 'update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-29-generic') > I receive the message > > mdadm: unknown keyword [my admin password] > > plainly visible to everybody around the screen... > even if this is a setup-problem, it seems quite serios. > > > ############## apt-cache policy mdadm > mdadm: > Installed: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 > Candidate: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 > Version table: > *** 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 0 > 500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 > Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 3.2.5-5ubuntu4 0 > 500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages > > ################ apt show mdadm -a > Package: mdadm > Priority: optional > Section: admin > Installed-Size: 1.191 kB > Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> > Original-Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers > <pkg-mdadm-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> > Version: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 > Replaces: mdctl > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.4.72), lsb-base (>= 3.1-6), udev > (>= 136-1), initramfs-tools (>= 0.85eubuntu24), util-linux (>= 2.15-1), > initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3) > Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, module-init-tools > Breaks: dmraid (<= 1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu1), mdctl (<< 0.7.2), raidtools2 (<< > 1.00.3-12.1), udev (<< 136-1) > Download-Size: 362 kB > Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm > Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug > Origin: Ubuntu > > Supported: 5y > APT-Manual-Installed: yes > APT-Sources: http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 > Packages > Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) > The mdadm utility can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD > (multi-disk) arrays for software RAID or multipath I/O. > . > This package automatically configures mdadm to assemble arrays during the > system startup process. If not needed, this functionality can be disabled. > > ###### uname -a > Linux WSBASE 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 21:00:20 UTC 2014 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > ###### lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS > Release: 14.04 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/1338044/+subscriptions
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