Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:50:04 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Bramley <a.bramley@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resurrecting a GELI volume Message-ID: <20061203195004.GA3183@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <8cffb8c80612031132s2cdd69d6ia812e3f4e017f69e@mail.gmail.com> References: <8cffb8c80612031132s2cdd69d6ia812e3f4e017f69e@mail.gmail.com>
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--pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 07:32:29PM +0000, Alex Bramley wrote: > Hi, >=20 > First, please CC me in any replies to the list, as I am (temporarily) > off list due to moving jobs. >=20 > I accidentally overwrote the metadata of a GELI volume by using geli > init on the wrong device node (never try to do sysadmin tasks when > hungover). I have the correct key and passphrase, and I would like to > know whether it is possible to regain access to my lost data. I have > already tried running init again on the volume with the correct key > and passphrase, but (somewhat unsurprisingly) to no avail. Any > assistance would be much appreciated. Passphrase is only used to encrypt the master key, which is stored in metadata. That means you overwrote the master key and I'm afraid your data is lost if you haven't backed the master key up before (with 'geli backup'). --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFcypsForvXbEpPzQRAn38AKCZgjvpzQTy+AoFp4uzBAs8PwIqWgCePSKY qXUoCuoCDnX12JiUPTKTK3E= =tq2n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/--
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