Hi David, so here is my analysis: 00000000 4c 55 4b 53 ba be 00 01 61 65 73 00 00 00 00 00 |LUKS....aes.....| 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 63 62 63 2d 65 73 73 69 |........cbc-essi| 00000030 76 3a 73 68 61 32 35 36 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |v:sha256........| 00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 73 68 61 31 00 00 00 00 |........sha1....| 00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 08 00 00 00 20 |............... | 00000070 41 d9 06 3c 4c 10 42 a1 08 08 81 43 40 2f e0 05 |A..<L.B....C@/..| 00000080 45 fd 2c 60 ab e1 12 25 e8 c6 04 20 56 c6 a6 48 |E.,`...%... V..H| 00000090 46 07 68 f9 47 cd 8e 31 02 b0 26 f6 b1 76 fc 82 |F.h.G..1..&..v..| 000000a0 f1 ea d8 f0 00 00 00 0a 34 34 30 34 62 35 61 65 |........4404b5ae| 000000b0 2d 34 33 64 32 2d 34 36 34 31 2d 39 30 64 66 2d |-43d2-4641-90df-| 000000c0 63 64 39 32 36 31 34 62 66 62 66 33 00 00 00 00 |cd92614bfbf3....| 000000d0 00 ac 71 f3 00 06 de 3d dc e5 8f 7c 0f f7 84 b4 |..q....=...|....| 000000e0 fb 15 07 a4 bf 79 30 27 3d 43 4e 53 5a 10 60 1c |.....y0'=CNSZ.`.| 000000f0 e9 a5 58 aa 6b 08 86 d9 00 00 00 08 00 00 0f a0 |..X.k...........| 00000100 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 08 00 00 0f a0 |................| 00000130 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 08 00 00 0f a0 |................| 00000160 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 08 00 00 0f a0 |................| 00000190 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 08 00 00 00 01 |................| ^^^^^ Something wrote over this, but it is non-critical This is key-slot 5, it jas junk init (well, partitioning data)" 000001c0 01 00 83 fe ff ff 3f 00 00 00 82 74 e0 e8 00 00 |......?....t....| 000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 And later we see: 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| ^^^^^ Boot-sect signature from the paritioning 00000200 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000210 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 08 00 00 0f a0 |................| 00000220 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000230 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000240 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 08 00 00 0f a0 |................| 00000250 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| So you have hot an overlay of a partition sector (0x55 0xaa is the signature at the end) and a LUKS header. As far as I can tell, Key-slots 4, 5 and 6 have been mangled. They are unused (for 5 that is a guess). For some reason, cryptsetup objects to what is in 5, but is fine with the mangling in 5 and 6. So here is how to fix this: 1. Make a header backup and store it in a safe place. As cryptsetup is in a hissy fit, you cannot use the procedure from FAQ 6.2. Instead do this: head -c 1052672 /dev/sdi > header_backup.img Use hd on the file to make sure this is a valid header backup, i.e. the start looks like what you posted the 2nd time. Also make sure it is 1052672 bytes long. This is your safety-net. 2. Call cryptsetup luksHeaderRepair /dev/sdi That should fix the corrupted keyslot data and allow you to unlock keyslot 0. If not, there may be key-slot corruption, but lets get to that if this does not work. @Milan: May be a good idea to allow luksHeaderBackup on mangled key-slots. Arno On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 21:35:30 CET, David Kisjuhasz wrote: > Here my error: > " > > cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdi secret1 > LUKS-Schlüsselfach 5 ist ungültig. (Keyslot) (german) > " > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt