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On Linux the typical LUKS setup is entirely separate from the login password. You don't lose anything if you forget the login password. You can just reset it with a live USB or similar.

If you mean the secure boot auto-unlock type of setup and you don't have a key backup, then you cannot reset your login password at all. You have to wipe the drive.





Keychain, not FDE.



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