[Ubuntu Maverick] Users and groups panel doesn't show the "Encrypt home folder to protect sensitive data" if one doesn't click on "Encrypt my home folder" during installation

[Luca Borrione]

Hello,
as said in title if someone installing a fresh new copy of Ubuntu Maverick doesn't click on the "Encrypt my home folder" during installation, because it's not needed for the first user, then using the "Users and groups" panel under System > Administration menu to add new users there's no way to encrypt their home folder (of new users) because there's no option "Encrypt home folder to protect sensitive data" to check when clicking the "add" button as you can find instead if you choose to encrypt the first user home folder during installation.

I think that the option "Encrypt home folder to protect sensitive data" might be always available on users and groups panel because it can happen that it's not needed to encrypt home during installation and then after some time it could be needed to encrypt a new user home folder.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!

[Luca Borrione (luca.borrione)]

done:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/26943/

thank you for the suggestion