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bgotori · Jul 5, 2005, 05:59 PM

Hey All

Wasn't sure where to place this Question...

I have a Pismo running 10.3.9 with an External Drive that I Boot with when I'm at Home(Also running 10.3.9). Both running File Fault. When I changed my Admin Password on the Pismo Drive it somehow killed my Settings on the External(Boot)Drive... I Booted using the Laptop drive then connected the External Drive. This somehow changed my Admin Password on my External Drive to the Same as the Admin Drive on the Laptop... When it Logged-in on the External(Booted)with the Admin Passowrd I Set-up for the Laptop it??? It just had a Basic Set-Up, like a just started Fresh Install...

All Setting GONE..

Also All my iTunes Music is GONE...

Can't Fine it ANYWHERE(Music about 5gb with AudioBooks)

All my Calenders Settings and AddressBook are Blank...

Everything is like a Fresh Install...

My lifes a mess NOW, Plus I didn't get a Backup of my Music... It Didn't seem to wipe the folder because the disk size is the same but I can't fine any of the music or AudioBooks anywhere...

What Went WRONG!!!

Thanks!!!

Brad

Big Mac · Jul 6, 2005, 07:06 AM

You should look for the sparse image because your data is (or should well be) intact - it's just hidden. FileVault's a real killer. It has certainly caused people more trouble than it has helped; its inclusion and promotion by Apple has been inexcusable. How could anyone think encrypting entire home folders could be a good idea? There should be an FAQ some place.

Millennium · Jul 6, 2005, 08:56 AM

As Big Mac said, your data should be intact. The sparse image will still be encrypted, probably with your old password rather than your new one.

Encrypting entire home folders is a good idea, and in fact it is a very good idea. Apple is thought to have ironed out most of the bugs in FileVault, but you seem to have run into a big one, and frankly one that I'm surprised their QA didn't catch. Should it not be obvious to try the case when someone using FileVault changes their password?

bgotori · Jul 6, 2005, 06:21 PM

Hey All

Thanks for the Reply!!!

What is a ""sparse image""???

So if I go back to the Old Password this Might Correct This???

Well I found a BackUp of my AudioBooks, So I'm just out the Music, Now...

I can ReLoad the DataBase Data so thats Not a Problem...

Thanks!!!

Brad

bgotori · Jul 8, 2005, 08:08 PM

Ttt

ManOfSteal · Jul 8, 2005, 08:28 PM

bgotori · Jul 9, 2005, 01:24 PM

Hey ManOfSteal

Am I doing something Wrong???

Is this the Wrong place to run this thread???

Thanks!!!

Brad

CharlesS · Jul 10, 2005, 01:05 AM

Your Problem

is That the

File Fault home

Folder is Encrypted with

its Own PassWord...

Ahem... excuse me. I had something caught in my throat.

Anyway, your problem is that the FileVault home folder is encrypted with its own password. This is because all FileVault really is is an invisible encrypted disk image that gets mounted on your home folder. I would have expected it to change the FileVault password when you changed your user password, but I suppose there could be a bug or something that kept this from happening, so yeah, changing the password back may solve the problem. If not, you could find the invisible disk image with the Terminal and mount it that way.

bgotori · Jul 10, 2005, 11:34 PM

Hey CharlesS

Thanks for the Reply!!!

Well I changed the PassWord back to the Old one and that Didn't Change it back... Guess I'm Screwed... Oh Well...

Seems kind of Odd Apple Didn't see this in there Testing... I change my PassWords about every 3-6 months... But this is the first time I did it on my Pismo(10.3.9)using File Vault... Well just lost some Music and a few AudioBooks... About $100 worth... Good thing I learned it Now, could have been worse...

Thanks All

Brad

CharlesS · Jul 11, 2005, 01:56 AM

It's okay, you can probably get it back. The FileVault home folder is stored in an invisible disk image file. If you can find the disk image, you can mount it manually. Unfortunately, I don't use FileVault, so I'm not sure exactly where the disk image is stored. However, if you could type this command in the Terminal and then paste the result in this thread, we'll probably be able to find it. Type this command:

ls -al /Users

bgotori · Jul 12, 2005, 02:27 PM

Hey CharlesS

Thanks for the input, but I had to Re-Format the Drive and start over... I needed the 40gb's of room for data from work, that was being taken up by my Screw-Up... I should have Backed-Up my Drive(Music, AudioBooks)... My BAD

Well Back To Work!!!

Thanks Again!!!

Brad

CharlesS · Jul 12, 2005, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by bgotori

Hey CharlesS

Thanks for the input, but I had to Re-Format the Drive and start over... I needed the 40gb's of room for data from work, that was being taken up by my Screw-Up... I should have Backed-Up my Drive(Music, AudioBooks)... My BAD

Well Back To Work!!!

Thanks Again!!!

Brad

Argh! You didn't have to do that. And anyway, if we had mounted the .dmg manually, you could have backed up all the stuff and then reformatted the drive...