Hi Vali, the first thing is to make a header-backup if you do not alredy have one. It is too easy to do damage when experimenting in such a situation. Instructions are in FAQ Item 6.2 here: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions That said, cryptsetup should complain on a defective header, so that does not seem to be it. It could be a defective keyslot though, or still some other problem with the passphrase entry. Especially on updates non ISO-7bit (i.e. 7 bit ASCII) chars can cause problems. In the cryptsetup source package, you find the keyslot-checker in misc/keyslot_checker/. Install as described in the README and check your keyslots for obvious problems. Next steps depend on the result. Regards, Arno On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 14:01:11 CEST, Cristian-Valentin BUZ? wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Linux Mint with full disk encryption (one big partition). For > the last couple of days (~ 5 days) I did not shutdown the laptop and > only closed the lid. Today I had a restart (probably updates were > downloaded in the meantime) and my passphrase does not work anymore. I > tried to debug with an ubuntu live usb. > > here are the commands that i've tried so far: > > [1]http://pastebin.com/Tu2fQfN2 > > I've also tried with LANG=C and LANG=en_US. > > I've tried from a script: > > echo -n 'xxx' | iconv -f utf-8 -t us-ascii | cryptsetup luksOpen > /dev/sda3 sda3_crypt > > I've tried a script to brute force the passphrase (I am desperate and > maybe I've suddenly forgot the passphrase after 8 months of writing it > almost every day). I've tried to brute force the values of the keys > that I press (I still remember how I press the keys mechanically). > > What do you guys suggest to try now? Do you think that the header is > damaged? > > Thx, > > Vali > > References > > 1. http://pastebin.com/Tu2fQfN2 > _______________________________________________ > 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
