Actually, with the master key, you can set a new passphrase. See FAQ Item 6.10. Arno On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 09:36:40 CET, Hannes Erven wrote: > Hi, > > > > Now I realized that was a stupid thing of mine thinking that way. To > >keep short: Is my data lost, right? > > is the device still luksOpen? > > If yes, you could try to grab the master encryption key from the > running system. I think > > # dmsetup table --showkeys DEVICENAME > > should do the trick. You still won't be able to use LUKS to open > that device, but at least you can use dmsetup directly to decrypt > and access your device. > > > Good luck! > > -hannes > _______________________________________________ > 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 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
