Ok Thank you of the response! No I have a system that someone removed the key and there is no key left, is there a way to get in and get the data? On 12/11/14 2:04 PM, "Matthias Schniedermeyer" <ms@xxxxxxx> wrote: >On 11.12.2014 18:30, Sayler, Craig A. (AFRC-MI)[InuTeq, LLC] wrote: >> Is there a way to decrypt a drive permanently with out reinstalling? > >Yes. > >But the much safer way is: >Backup, make a new filesystem on the previous backing-device & Restore >from backup. > > >The unsafe(!) 'inplace' method (that as an advantage doesn't need >additional storage): >Just open the container normally, 'dd' the mapped container over the >backing device and pray that process isn't interruped. Because it will >be a huge PITA if it gets interruped. > > >But don't risk it, Backup & Restore is the way this should be done. > > > > >-- > >Matthias _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
