[SLE] Crypto-Encryption Key

From: Shannon (ssk1_at_bluebottle.com)
Date: 04/29/05

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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:51:52 +1000

    OK !! Suse Gods & Gurus

    I have posted this question many times to reiser.com (in the very best plain
    english possible) yet no-one understands what the hell I'm talking about...

    Hyperthetical:
    I installed suse 9.2, configuring the partitions, during the installation, as
    follows:
    / 20GB ReiserFS
    /home 70GB ReiserFS Encrypted
    /swap 300MB swap

    My / partition is destroyed during the Suse9.3 upgrade.
    My /home directory is lost forever because I don't have the crypto/encryption
    key to match my password.

    Some of the replies have had me nearly in tears. I don't want to know how to
    back up personal data or require any lessons on tar.

    I basically want to know where is the encryption key is stored or What should
    I have done or what config files should I have backed up.
    When I encrypt a partition, there has to be a key/password stored
    somewhere....

    cheers..

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