Re: Forgot password BUT, fs is mounted

[Richard Devendra Gopaul <rgopaul@wam.umd.edu>]

it's never a bad idea to copy the files, just in case...

rgopaul@wam.umd.edu

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, David Haraburda wrote:

> 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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