Forgotten LUKS passphrase

Posted by Ansh David on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ansh David
Published on 2012-09-19T05:39:55Z Indexed on 2012/09/19 9:41 UTC
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i am stuck with a big problem.

I have encrypted my linux drive with LUKS and now I can't remember it. During boot, it prompts me for the passphrase, but I went into troubleshooting mode and deleted the entry from /etc/crypttab so at least I can boot now into my account but that doesn't solve the problem. I can't access my drive /dev/sda5.

Can someone please show me a way to crack the passphrase or is there no way around it.

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