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Ederico
Asked: 2013-07-15 03:08:43 +0800 CST

How do I find the password to a hard drive partition?

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I am running Lubuntu 13.04 and I have a problem with a partition on my external drive. Basically, I either do not remember the password or some sort of error is not allowing my access the partition.

My questions are actually two:

  1. How can I find the password to a drive partition if I forgot it?

  2. Please refer to the image attached, I am getting that error when I try and use the password, and I am wondering whether I actually forgot the password or there is some other problem.

Thanks beforehand for any assistance given.enter image description here

partitioning

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I don't think your issue is about a forgotten or wrong password. It seems that your installation does not have cryptsetup installed. Install it: cryptsetup Install cryptsetup and try again.

    How can I find the password to a drive partition if I forgot it?

    Well, the whole purpose of the hard drive encryption is to keep the data safe for ones not having the password. Storing the password on the system would basically undermine the whole purpose of running encryption in the first place. Passwords are for you to remember, not to store anywhere!

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