Re: change LUKS filesystem password

[Always Learning <centos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 14:35 -0700, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, ken wrote:
> 
> > How do you change the LUKS filesystem password?
> 
> [Caveat: this is sort of from memory; I don't have a luks-encrypted 
> device handy for testing...]
> 
> First, add a second key (password):
> 
>    cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/XXX
> 
> Then delete the original key
> 
>    cryptsetup luksKillSlot /dev/XXX 0
> 
> You need to be careful to get the slot numbers correct. Use the 
> luksDump option to see how things are setup on your system.


luksKillSlot does not work for me on Centos 5.6. luksDelKey does.

Paul.



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