How do I find the password to unlock iphone backup file?

I upgraded to 5.0 and when trying to restore it asks for the backup file password. What is this? I have tried my apple id password and Itunes password and it doesn't work? I have nothing on my phone right now.

You may have an encrypted backup. If you don't know the password, your data may be lost on that backup.
But, there is another way.
If you have multiple backups, shift-click restore from backup, and I believe you should get a menu listing your backups, I hope this helps you.
You can try certain other backups and such to restore too, they may or may not be encrypted, if they are, then I suppose you're out of luck.
If you find one of your backups that does not have encryption, you're good to go until you remember or retrieve your password.
In this case, is this a lost or stolen iPhone? Counterfeit, brought off eBay, etc?
If so then I cannot help you on that, nobody can.
If you have a passcode lock set on your iPhone, unlock it first (to tell iTunes that you own the phone of course) then disconnect and reconnect if necessary.
But like I said, if it's not your iPhone then we cannot help you. Sorry.

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