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How to decrypt an external drive
Hello, My ReadyNAS has been successfully backing up my entire network for some weeks now. I am really happy with it. However I am now testing some procedures to backup the backup so to speak. I w...
For example, if I try to decrypt by opening the volume
sudo crypt setup open /dev/<device> --key-file <keyfileFromReadyNAS>.key NAS-Backup
I get the error
No key available with this passphrase.
Running cryptsetup luksDump on the device, I see that key slot 0 is enabled. Is there a way around the passphrase using only the key file as downloaded from the ReadyNAS?
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