On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:29:01 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:

All,

I have a directory tree I protect with encfs. It is normally managed by a script and holds backups.

Doing some backup / restore admin, I make a mistake at the command line. I don't know what I did, but now I can't mount the tree (via encfs).

I suspect I somehow changed the password. I know the data is encrypted, but there is no way the data was re-encrypted with a new key because whatever I did lasted just a fraction of a second.

Is there anyway to restore my old password? I really hate to lose that full backup set.

Is the file .encfs6.xml in the encrypted directory? (That's the file that holds the config). If you have a backup of that file, you should be able to get back to where you need to be. Otherwise, check out: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=95778 for some tips on possibly recovering the deleted file from the filesystem. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org