From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from v1.tansi.org (mail.tansi.org [84.19.178.47]) by mail.server123.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:30:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (77-56-144-126.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.56.144.126]) by v1.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6889C14001C for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:30:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:30:50 +0100 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20161107213050.GA15750@tansi.org> References: <20161103190406.GA12951@yeono.kjorling.se> <20161104113255.GA7254@tansi.org> <20161104232812.GB12763@tansi.org> <20161105105438.GC12807@yeono.kjorling.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Missing keyslot or broken header or still some hope? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de It happens. Don't worry about it. Regards, Arno On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 08:26:50 CET, zero.tonin@web.de wrote: > Good morning all, good morning Sven, > > thank you very much for your message and insight and also for confirming parts of my understanding of the situation. > > Now, getting back to my drive, I have to make the most embarrassing confession - for the last three days I actually tried to unlock the drive with my user account password and, in contrast to my initial words (which I eat now), _not_ with the drive password. I have not the lsightest idea why, apart from the two (password and passphrase) being in use both for the same amount of time, which is roughly 5 years or so. > > The luks header and keyslot are not only intact, they are fully working and I can decrypt the drive no problem. Turns out it was, indeed, a "layer 8 problem". > > I am, while relieved I can recover the data, add a second keyslot and rsync the drive immediately, sincerely sorry for having used (some may say wasted) this list's and some individual's time,, but thanks again for all your help. > > On the positive side, this forced me to learn a bit more about luks and what it actually does (instead of just using it) and also was an opportunity to lear to never again claim I am "100% certain about the password"… > > > Thanks again, all, and a great Sunday to everyone, > Mark > > (I will take the liberty to remain on this list for future interesting topics) > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@wagner.name 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