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ecryptfs-utils package

  1. Bug #455709
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 455709

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Martin Albisetti (beuno) wrote : Re: "mounting eCryptfs: [-2] No such file or directory" when trying to mount encrypted home

Still doesn't work, with the same errors.

root@beuno-laptop:/mnt# mount -t ecryptfs -o rw,relatime,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=XXXXXXXXX,ecryptfs_sig=YYYYYYYYY,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16 /media/59619bec-a6cf-4fc1-9a7a-9a992cd31ce8/home/beuno/.Private /mnt/hdext
Passphrase:
Enable plaintext passthrough (y/n) [n]: n
Attempting to mount with the following options:
  ecryptfs_unlink_sigs
  ecryptfs_fnek_sig=a521ad46fa60c9c7
  ecryptfs_key_bytes=16
  ecryptfs_cipher=aes
  ecryptfs_sig=a521ad46fa60c9c7
Mounted eCryptfs
root@beuno-laptop:/mnt# ls hdext/
ls: cannot access hdext/Pictures: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/mysqlcc: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/installed-software: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/Videos: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/Ubuntu One: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/pentacorp: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/Desktop: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/agile_usability.pdf: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/Dropbox: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/martin: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access hdext/debian: No such file or directory

I wonder if there's anything odd with the passphrase. I can use either the output of ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase or my users' log in password (which was the same one on that HD).