Having searched through the archives and read the FAQ list, I know this isn't going to be easy, but I have to give it a try anyway. Yes, I'm yet another guy who forgot his LUKS password. And I encrypted both the system and data LVs (when I first installed CentOS/Linux). After a couple days trying out various passphrases (going through my three chances and then having to shut down and restart the machine to get another three chances) and not succeeding, I removed the drive and put it into a drive enclosure, then attached it (via USB) to an older but working system. Now I can read only the /boot partition of that drive.... Now, when I run cryptsetup, it won't let me specify the device name: # cryptsetup status luks-3[...]683a /dev/sda3 /dev/mapper/luks-3[...]683a does not exist. I also tried for device /dev/sda ... still no go. Or is there a better way to input my passphrase guesses...? tnx. _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
