Tuesday, November 28, 2017

16.04 - Recover/change encryption password

I foolishly changed my whole-drive encryption password last week because I was apparently incapable of reliably typing in the previous password. Unfortunately, my computer has been on since then and I didn't write the new password down anywhere so I have since forgotten it. Not my proudest moment, but I am extremely thankful I realized before it came time to enter the password. I am still logged into the computer so I have access to all my files but as soon as I shut the computer down I will be out of luck. I would like to avoid having to re-install everything if I can.


So my question is, is there anyway to recover/change my encryption password while I am still logged in as admin?

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