Server ISO prompts for user home directory encryption, but this is useless in the common case
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This may be the wrong package as I don't see an ecryptfs udeb. Filing here to start with to have this down at least.
12:20 <Deeps> hi guys, just installed ubuntu server 14.04 lts, during the install it asked me if i
12:27 <rbasak> Deeps: one benefit is that nobody can access the data in the encrypted homedir when it is
not unlocked, for example if nobody is logged in. Probably makes no difference for a
12:27 <Deeps> rbasak: cool thakns, thats what i thought, and was already reinstalling it without
12:29 <rbasak> kirkland: ^^ I wonder if we can avoid prompting for encrypted homedir on the server ISO?
12:29 <rbasak> Not sure how we'd achieve that technically mind.
15:01 <kirkland> rbasak: that's fine
15:01 <kirkland> rbasak: you're welcome to patch that out
Changed in ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
This is all done differently now, the new main server installer subiquity doesn't prompt for it in any way. I think we can mark this bug "indirectly" resolved these days.