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realbagdad (OP)
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December 11, 2017, 01:22:02 AM
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I created a wallet on armory sometime last year, and hadn't used it. This year, I reinstalled Armory and restored my wallet successfully with my seed (18 words). Now, to update/backup my wallet, I need my passphrase, which I can't seem to find anywhere.

Is there a way around my passphrase (or to delete/replace it) if I only know my root key? I was under the impression that this root key would allow me to do anything with the wallet, and I don't know how I saved all sorts of information (ID, root key, wallet name) but no passphrase, but that's what seems like has happened.
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December 11, 2017, 02:49:12 AM
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Restore from the root key, it will detect the loaded wallet and give you the option to just reset the password on the existing wallet.

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December 11, 2017, 03:51:58 AM
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Thank you! I am relieved that works.
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December 16, 2017, 11:20:29 PM
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Restore from the root key, it will detect the loaded wallet and give you the option to just reset the password on the existing wallet.

Damn, that's clever! :-D

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December 17, 2017, 02:25:30 PM
Last edit: December 18, 2017, 03:31:13 PM by goatpig
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Restore from the root key, it will detect the loaded wallet and give you the option to just reset the password on the existing wallet.

Damn, that's clever! :-D

Ente

Not exactly, it's more of a hamfisted feature where it will restore the wallet from the user's root (this is how you can "reset" the password), but rip the meta data off of the existing wallet.

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December 18, 2017, 12:45:21 PM
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Well, from the user's point of view it is clever!
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