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Ubuntu Change Encrypted System Password
So, first of all, find out which device is the encrypted system partition
you do this by running
cat /etc/crypttab
it will be something along the lines of
nvme0n1p3_crypt or sda3_crypt
for our purposes we only need the drive name, not the _crypt so then from the results above we would only want
nvme0n1p3 or sda3
For the rest of the guide I will be using nvme0n1p3 as the example
Once you have the identifier you can do the following
sudo cryptsetup luksDump /dev/nvme0n1p3
This will show you how many keys are free, you can assign 8 (numbered 0-7)
If there are free slots you can assign a new password to unlock the machine
To do this you run the following command
sudo cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/nvme0n1p3
It will prompt for an existing password (as authentication) then it will ask for a new password, and then it will ask to confirm the new password, once complete, you will be able to unlock the system with the new password
If you wish to remove a password from the keystore, run
sudo cryptsetup luksRemoveKey /dev/nvme0n1p3
enter the password you wish to remove, after a few seconds, job done
If you wish to change a password, run the following
sudo cryptsetup luksChangeKey /dev/nvme0n1p3
then enter the password you wish to change, followed by the new one twice (initial entry and then verification)
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2019-04-20 11:15 +0000