Forgot password BUT, fs is mounted

[David Haraburda <david-linux-crypto@haraburda.com>]

Hi,

I have forgotten the password to my encrypted file system (well, I have a 
couple of guesses, but I'm not sure).  The reason I don't want to try them is 
because the drive has been mounted and running for awhile now... everything is 
fine, but just in case something happens to the computer, I was wondering if 
there is any way to recover the password from an already mounted partition?  If 
not, is it possible for me to attempt to mount it again in a different location 
(probably not?) so I can try guessing the password?  Or am I just better off 
copying everything over while I have the chance and re-encrypting and this time 
remembering the password? :-)

Thanks!

David

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