I just added a link to the script by Milan and an explanation on how to do this manually to the FAQ. Arno On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:14:01AM +0200, Milan Broz wrote: > On 07/28/2011 07:04 AM, Arno Wagner wrote: > > I have to admit that there is no info in the FAQ because when I wrote > > that I did not have time to find out. In the mean time I have had > > an opportunity to do so, so I should probably update the FAQ. First, > > I think trying to dump will not create additional damage. Here is what > > works on my machine: > > > > cryptsetup luksDump --dump-master-key > > For luksDump you need valid LUKS header. > > btw I added script which tries to extract master key automatically > fro active device and prepares cryptsetup parameters. > > http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/source/browse/trunk/misc/luks-header-from-active > > The steps there are quite straightforward. > > Milan > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt