Recover encfs folder password

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Is it possible that a chown or any other rights access (delete, write, read, etc) makes the encryption bugs?



Yesterday, I have encrypted a folder with encfs on Linux Mint.
Today i tried to open it with the password and it tolds me that the password wasn't correct...
I told myself that i maybe wrote the password in a bad way! So i tested with capital letters, i tested with characters and numbers around the ones i used in my password, with no positive results...



So, could it be a bug coming from somewhere or the was me having typed my password incorrectly (crazy, because, you have to type it two times...).
If it is the second, do somebody knows how to crack the password or take it back? I can give my .encfs6.xml file to this person and give my password, in order for the person to see that i am in the good owner of this file!



I was in a hurry, moving personal files to this folder on another hdd... hmmmmm, how could this be? this almost extraordinary! I am for a quadruple check password for this kind of manipulation or for everypasswords...



I thank you very much.




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  • "do somebody knows how to crack the password" The point of having string encryption (or any encryption at all, really) is that it shouldn't be possible to "crack" the password except by brute-force guessing.
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Is it possible that a chown or any other rights access (delete, write, read, etc) makes the encryption bugs?



Yesterday, I have encrypted a folder with encfs on Linux Mint.
Today i tried to open it with the password and it tolds me that the password wasn't correct...
I told myself that i maybe wrote the password in a bad way! So i tested with capital letters, i tested with characters and numbers around the ones i used in my password, with no positive results...



So, could it be a bug coming from somewhere or the was me having typed my password incorrectly (crazy, because, you have to type it two times...).
If it is the second, do somebody knows how to crack the password or take it back? I can give my .encfs6.xml file to this person and give my password, in order for the person to see that i am in the good owner of this file!



I was in a hurry, moving personal files to this folder on another hdd... hmmmmm, how could this be? this almost extraordinary! I am for a quadruple check password for this kind of manipulation or for everypasswords...



I thank you very much.




linux-mint encfs




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  • "do somebody knows how to crack the password" The point of having string encryption (or any encryption at all, really) is that it shouldn't be possible to "crack" the password except by brute-force guessing.
    – roaima
    May 2 at 22:05












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Is it possible that a chown or any other rights access (delete, write, read, etc) makes the encryption bugs?



Yesterday, I have encrypted a folder with encfs on Linux Mint.
Today i tried to open it with the password and it tolds me that the password wasn't correct...
I told myself that i maybe wrote the password in a bad way! So i tested with capital letters, i tested with characters and numbers around the ones i used in my password, with no positive results...



So, could it be a bug coming from somewhere or the was me having typed my password incorrectly (crazy, because, you have to type it two times...).
If it is the second, do somebody knows how to crack the password or take it back? I can give my .encfs6.xml file to this person and give my password, in order for the person to see that i am in the good owner of this file!



I was in a hurry, moving personal files to this folder on another hdd... hmmmmm, how could this be? this almost extraordinary! I am for a quadruple check password for this kind of manipulation or for everypasswords...



I thank you very much.




linux-mint encfs




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Is it possible that a chown or any other rights access (delete, write, read, etc) makes the encryption bugs?



Yesterday, I have encrypted a folder with encfs on Linux Mint.
Today i tried to open it with the password and it tolds me that the password wasn't correct...
I told myself that i maybe wrote the password in a bad way! So i tested with capital letters, i tested with characters and numbers around the ones i used in my password, with no positive results...



So, could it be a bug coming from somewhere or the was me having typed my password incorrectly (crazy, because, you have to type it two times...).
If it is the second, do somebody knows how to crack the password or take it back? I can give my .encfs6.xml file to this person and give my password, in order for the person to see that i am in the good owner of this file!



I was in a hurry, moving personal files to this folder on another hdd... hmmmmm, how could this be? this almost extraordinary! I am for a quadruple check password for this kind of manipulation or for everypasswords...



I thank you very much.





linux-mint encfs





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  • "do somebody knows how to crack the password" The point of having string encryption (or any encryption at all, really) is that it shouldn't be possible to "crack" the password except by brute-force guessing.
    – roaima
    May 2 at 22:05
















  • "do somebody knows how to crack the password" The point of having string encryption (or any encryption at all, really) is that it shouldn't be possible to "crack" the password except by brute-force guessing.
    – roaima
    May 2 at 22:05















"do somebody knows how to crack the password" The point of having string encryption (or any encryption at all, really) is that it shouldn't be possible to "crack" the password except by brute-force guessing.
– roaima
May 2 at 22:05




"do somebody knows how to crack the password" The point of having string encryption (or any encryption at all, really) is that it shouldn't be possible to "crack" the password except by brute-force guessing.
– roaima
May 2 at 22:05










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In order to decrypt a file, two things are required (besides the
encrypted file data): the password, and the “.encfs5” control file at
the top level of the raw encfs filesystem... The control file contains
the filesystem parameters, in addition to encrypted key data which is
different for every filesystem.. You need both the password and this
control file in order to access the data. If you loose either one,
there isn’t anything I can do to help. - https://sites.google.com/a/arg0.net/www/encfsintro




In short, like with any encryption system worthy of the name: no password/key, no data.






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    In order to decrypt a file, two things are required (besides the
    encrypted file data): the password, and the “.encfs5” control file at
    the top level of the raw encfs filesystem... The control file contains
    the filesystem parameters, in addition to encrypted key data which is
    different for every filesystem.. You need both the password and this
    control file in order to access the data. If you loose either one,
    there isn’t anything I can do to help.     - https://sites.google.com/a/arg0.net/www/encfsintro




    In short, like with any encryption system worthy of the name: no password/key, no data.






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      In order to decrypt a file, two things are required (besides the
      encrypted file data): the password, and the “.encfs5” control file at
      the top level of the raw encfs filesystem... The control file contains
      the filesystem parameters, in addition to encrypted key data which is
      different for every filesystem.. You need both the password and this
      control file in order to access the data. If you loose either one,
      there isn’t anything I can do to help.       - https://sites.google.com/a/arg0.net/www/encfsintro




      In short, like with any encryption system worthy of the name: no password/key, no data.






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        In order to decrypt a file, two things are required (besides the
        encrypted file data): the password, and the “.encfs5” control file at
        the top level of the raw encfs filesystem... The control file contains
        the filesystem parameters, in addition to encrypted key data which is
        different for every filesystem.. You need both the password and this
        control file in order to access the data. If you loose either one,
        there isn’t anything I can do to help.         - https://sites.google.com/a/arg0.net/www/encfsintro




        In short, like with any encryption system worthy of the name: no password/key, no data.






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        In order to decrypt a file, two things are required (besides the
        encrypted file data): the password, and the “.encfs5” control file at
        the top level of the raw encfs filesystem... The control file contains
        the filesystem parameters, in addition to encrypted key data which is
        different for every filesystem.. You need both the password and this
        control file in order to access the data. If you loose either one,
        there isn’t anything I can do to help.         - https://sites.google.com/a/arg0.net/www/encfsintro




        In short, like with any encryption system worthy of the name: no password/key, no data.







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