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Hello all, |
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I have a system with two partitions: |
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- hda1 - /boot with grub files and kernel image with initramfs |
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embedded with CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE kernel option |
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- hda2 - luks crypted root partition |
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Every time kernel boot, loads embedded initramfs, which has the |
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--key-file, luksOpen hda2, mounts the partition and switch_root to it. |
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The problem is that i make some mistakes ($#%$#@@) on my system |
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and i can`t login anymore (i played a little too much with passwd and |
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shadow files). But I have an old hd image, with the same --key-file, |
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also embedded into kernel, but with this one i can login. |
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I don`t have the --key-file anymore. Just the ones in initramfs. I |
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thought about 2 alternatives to recover this key-file, but didn`t |
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succeded in any of them. Can someone help me to: |
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- Recover the --key-file from a already mounted and decrypted |
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partition or |
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- Extract the initramfs from kernel, so i can unzip and |
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(un)cpio it, so i can get my file from it. |
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I`ve already tried adding a different init=/path/to/init into |
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grub, but how i made my init from scrach, i`m ignoring these kernel |
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parameters; |
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I also tried to extract the initramfs with objcpy, but the kernel |
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file format is unrecognized. |
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Using kernel-2.6.16-gentoo-r13. |
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Don`t know what else i can try. |
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TIA, |
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Rodrigo Forlin |
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