On 05/03/2011 10:50 PM, anirudh wrote: > Is there a way to extract the master key from luks header if we have the key or > pass-phrase used to encrypt the volume using cryptsetup? If you want to really backup master key (and not the whole header with known keyslot with luksHeaderBackup) use "luksDump --dump-master-key" command (available in cryptsetup 1.2.0, passphrase for some keyslot is required). (Also you can activate device and save the mapping table with master key with "dmsetup table --showkeys <active device>".) Milan _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt