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Question #76542 on keepassx in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keepassx/+question/76542

    Status: Answered => Open

Curt is still having a problem:
As I recall, I had set the password and checked the "key file" box and was exploring the files when the power went out.  Up to this point I have been the only one with access to the computer so had no encryption, not even a password at bootup.  I was trying to secure my  /home directory when bad things happened.  I suspect this is why I can boot but cannot access the  /home directory.  I am sure of the main password I set.  I think it is probably locked with a corrupted key file. This is probably why i get the "Wrong Signature" error, but yet you cannot duplicate the error message.  I am now getting an error on INITRD.IMG file.  My backups are inadequate for restoring to the degree I would desire when things go wrong (Surprise!).  Being a self-employed contractor, computer
 management is not one of my strong points.  But by owning and using a computer since 1989, you would think one would learn!  (I went out today and bought a UPS!) I have used windows until Feb 2009 so am not very saavy at ubuntu yet.  But I'm learning real fast!  I have been working on this problem since  July 6.  And all of this was totally avoidable!  It seems   to me if I could get rid of the KeepassX corrupted password my problem would be solved. It doesn't seem to me the main files would be damaged, just access to them.   But I don't know what to do next.  Can I boot to windows and get rid of the password and/or repair the linux files?   Any suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Curt 
--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Jeruvy <question76542@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Jeruvy <question76542@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Question #76542]: lost passwword in keepassx
To: c4mil@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 4:45 PM

Your question #76542 on keepassx in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keepassx/+question/76542

    Status: Open => Answered

Jeruvy proposed the following answer:
Ok, so let me see if I understand you correctly.

--  You click on the Keepassx icon via the Applications Menu, entered
your password and you get an error: "The following error occured while
opening database: Wrong Signature".?

The only way I can kind of reproduce this is by entering the 'wrong
password'.   But I get "The following eror occured while opening
 the
database: Decryption failed.  the key is wrong of the file is damaged"
I'm satisfied this is a valid response to an invalid password, but this
doesn't match your exact problem.

Are you using a key file along with a password?  If so the key file may
have been damaged.  I would consider restoring this from backup if you
are sure the password is good.  OR the database may have become corrupt,
again restoring from a backup would be the only solution.  You may want
to ask this from the keepassx developers directly via
http://www.keepassx.org/forum/. ; This was one link I found regarding
your problem http://www.keepassx.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1673 and
it was suggested to copy the database to another system and trying to
open it
 from there.  However the bad news is it looks like corruption
may be the issue here.

Good luck.

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