Need to access encrypted pass phrase
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My system is telling me that to restore test so I can retrieve files in the case of an emergency i need my encrypted password. I have tried the command ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase and I get:
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file]
or
printf "%s" "wrapping passphrase" | ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file] -
Neither works. Can someone help me please as i am a Newby to UBUNTU.
Bob
ecryptfs
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My system is telling me that to restore test so I can retrieve files in the case of an emergency i need my encrypted password. I have tried the command ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase and I get:
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file]
or
printf "%s" "wrapping passphrase" | ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file] -
Neither works. Can someone help me please as i am a Newby to UBUNTU.
Bob
ecryptfs
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
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asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
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Hmmm. You should have chosen your encryption passphrase when setting up encryption. There is NO way to get the system to reveal the passphrase later - that would be a huge security hole! The entire point of encryption is to deny access to everybody who does not already know the passphrase.
– user535733
Feb 7 at 15:04
Do you still have your user / login passphrase? You can use that withecryptfs-unwrap-passphraseto "unwrap" and reveal ecryptfs's actual mount passphrase. It's a good idea to save the mount passphrase somewhere as a backup, but everything should work ok without it anyway, as long as your login passphrase doesn't get lost or changed "the wrong way" (by another root user without you)
– Xen2050
Feb 11 at 7:47
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My system is telling me that to restore test so I can retrieve files in the case of an emergency i need my encrypted password. I have tried the command ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase and I get:
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file]
or
printf "%s" "wrapping passphrase" | ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file] -
Neither works. Can someone help me please as i am a Newby to UBUNTU.
Bob
ecryptfs
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
7,94611636
asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
1
My system is telling me that to restore test so I can retrieve files in the case of an emergency i need my encrypted password. I have tried the command ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase and I get:
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file]
or
printf "%s" "wrapping passphrase" | ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file] -
Neither works. Can someone help me please as i am a Newby to UBUNTU.
Bob
ecryptfs
ecryptfs
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
7,94611636
asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
1
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
7,94611636
asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
1
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
7,94611636
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
7,94611636
edited Feb 7 at 10:45
PerlDuck
7,94611636
7,94611636
asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
1
asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
1
asked Feb 7 at 10:42
Bob DicksonBob Dickson
1
1
Hmmm. You should have chosen your encryption passphrase when setting up encryption. There is NO way to get the system to reveal the passphrase later - that would be a huge security hole! The entire point of encryption is to deny access to everybody who does not already know the passphrase.
– user535733
Feb 7 at 15:04
Do you still have your user / login passphrase? You can use that withecryptfs-unwrap-passphraseto "unwrap" and reveal ecryptfs's actual mount passphrase. It's a good idea to save the mount passphrase somewhere as a backup, but everything should work ok without it anyway, as long as your login passphrase doesn't get lost or changed "the wrong way" (by another root user without you)
– Xen2050
Feb 11 at 7:47
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Hmmm. You should have chosen your encryption passphrase when setting up encryption. There is NO way to get the system to reveal the passphrase later - that would be a huge security hole! The entire point of encryption is to deny access to everybody who does not already know the passphrase.
– user535733
Feb 7 at 15:04
Do you still have your user / login passphrase? You can use that withecryptfs-unwrap-passphraseto "unwrap" and reveal ecryptfs's actual mount passphrase. It's a good idea to save the mount passphrase somewhere as a backup, but everything should work ok without it anyway, as long as your login passphrase doesn't get lost or changed "the wrong way" (by another root user without you)
– Xen2050
Feb 11 at 7:47
Hmmm. You should have chosen your encryption passphrase when setting up encryption. There is NO way to get the system to reveal the passphrase later - that would be a huge security hole! The entire point of encryption is to deny access to everybody who does not already know the passphrase.
– user535733
Feb 7 at 15:04
Hmmm. You should have chosen your encryption passphrase when setting up encryption. There is NO way to get the system to reveal the passphrase later - that would be a huge security hole! The entire point of encryption is to deny access to everybody who does not already know the passphrase.
– user535733
Feb 7 at 15:04
Do you still have your user / login passphrase? You can use that with
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase to "unwrap" and reveal ecryptfs's actual mount passphrase. It's a good idea to save the mount passphrase somewhere as a backup, but everything should work ok without it anyway, as long as your login passphrase doesn't get lost or changed "the wrong way" (by another root user without you)– Xen2050
Feb 11 at 7:47
Do you still have your user / login passphrase? You can use that with
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase to "unwrap" and reveal ecryptfs's actual mount passphrase. It's a good idea to save the mount passphrase somewhere as a backup, but everything should work ok without it anyway, as long as your login passphrase doesn't get lost or changed "the wrong way" (by another root user without you)– Xen2050
Feb 11 at 7:47
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Hmmm. You should have chosen your encryption passphrase when setting up encryption. There is NO way to get the system to reveal the passphrase later - that would be a huge security hole! The entire point of encryption is to deny access to everybody who does not already know the passphrase.
– user535733
Feb 7 at 15:04
Do you still have your user / login passphrase? You can use that with
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphraseto "unwrap" and reveal ecryptfs's actual mount passphrase. It's a good idea to save the mount passphrase somewhere as a backup, but everything should work ok without it anyway, as long as your login passphrase doesn't get lost or changed "the wrong way" (by another root user without you)– Xen2050
Feb 11 at 7:47