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From: Miklos Bagi <miklos.bagi@mbjr.hu>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Is partial LUKS recovery possible?
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:17:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CF7AA62.2060601@mbjr.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrniff4dc.9qh.Mario.Holbe@darkside.dyn.samba-tng.org>

Hi Mario,

Gave this a try, cryptsetup create worked fine as suggested.
FS is XFS, there are a number of superblock backups, but can't seem to find one.

Does salt get generated out of this info, or is it something totally random?

Thanks,
Miklos

> Well, since you know cipher, keysize, offset and the master key, you
> should be able to set up the dm-crypt device manually without the help
> of LUKS via `cryptsetup create'.
>If your suspicion is true, your chances to recover anything primarily
>depend on the filesystem type you created on top of the crypted device.
>Try to find a superblock backup and try to recover the filesystem.

>No need to mention: Keep the original data safe and unmodified, base
>your recovery attempts on image-copies only.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-02 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-02 10:28 [dm-crypt] Is partial LUKS recovery possible? Miklos Bagi
2010-12-02 12:15 ` Miklos Bagi
2010-12-02 17:39   ` Arno Wagner
2010-12-02 17:44     ` Nargis Khan
2010-12-02 12:31 ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2010-12-02 14:17   ` Miklos Bagi [this message]
2010-12-02 15:45     ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2010-12-02 16:20       ` Milan Broz
2010-12-02 16:28         ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2010-12-02 17:04           ` Milan Broz
2010-12-02 17:11             ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
     [not found]       ` <4CF81339.9070004@mbjr.hu>
2010-12-02 22:27         ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe

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