ubuntu encryption passphrase problem
 

When I start my ubuntu server, I need to enter the passphrase to unlock the encrypted drives. The problem is that, without entering the password, I am not able to to connect to this server via ssh. I have set up my dd-wrt router to wake-on-lan this server but because I am not able to bypass the unlocking phase, ssh returns with an error. My questions are:
1. Will I be able to bypass the password phrase?
2. Will I be able to remove the encryption without re-installing the server?
3. Will ubuntu be able to mount the drives without the passphrase?

Your help is appreciated.

My WAG is that your ssh daemon is running, but you can't log in because /home is encrypted. (Does that sound right, or did you set up /boot + /, and encrypt all of /?)

To briefly speak to your questions:

1. No. That would defeat the purpose of encryption.
2. I don't know if it's possible to remove LUKS without deleting the partition and starting fresh. Maybe..
3. See answer to #1. Without the key, an encrypted file/filesystem is garbage.

Thanks! My /home is indeed encrypted. Not sure what options I have without doing a re-install.

Since it's only the /home filesystem, the good news is from single-user mode you could blow it away / recreate it without reinstalling. But I'm not really a *buntu guy, and you probably wouldn't appreciate my trial and error approach. ;) (Clues are: fdisk, mkfs, followed by user directory recreation with proper ownership.)

If it is not too painful, just back up your important files and go for a reinstall.