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Re: LUKS encryption help

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detrito@tuta.io:
> 
> Around May I installed Debian 10 on my (external) hard drive in BIOS
> (not UEFI) mode for backup purposes. In the end of June I took the
> drive out of the drawer and tried to boot into it but to my surprise
> my LUKS encryption password does not work anymore.  I'm very sure I am
> typing it right because I had written it into a piece of paper.

Are you completely sure that you wrote that password down correctly and
that you are reading it correctly? Can you distinguish l and 1, O and 0
etc? Is there any invisible whitespace? Did you intentionally leave
something out because you feared somebody could find that piece of
paper?

> Please help. I have many important documents and pictures inside that
> drive.

Please use your current fear as impetus for setting up a proper backup
solution. Hardware dies, software is buggy, humans make mistakes,
catastrophes happen.

J.
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  Re: LUKS encryption help piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-08-26 15:30 +0200
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  Re: LUKS encryption help David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-26 16:50 +0200
  Re: LUKS encryption help David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-27 14:00 +0200
  Re: LUKS encryption help Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2021-08-27 17:10 +0200

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