Comment 19 for bug 998367

I will never, ever, ever add support to eCryptfs for fingerprint
readers. Sorry. For more information, see:

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user-names-not.html
:-Dustin

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Christopher Barrington-Leigh
<email address hidden> wrote:
> This problem still exists in 13.10.
>
> I have an encrypted home folder.
> When I installed the fprint system, it asked me which authentications to tie to fingerprint, and it included ecrypt.
> However, when I log in, with or without typing password, at the login screen, it dumps me into a nonresponsive black screen.
>
> This is not a friendly outcome.
>
> If I log in through tty, I am told of the problem and told to try running
> ecryptfs-mount-private
>
> which takes my normal password and then mounts my home folder. After
> that, if I kill the gnome-session I can subsequently log in.
>
> In fact, the above sounds like a better workaround than having an
> external USB? Log in first using tty, do the above sequence, and then
> return to the GUI login screen.
>
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - fingerprint login in ubuntu 12.04 can't access encrypted home user account
> + fingerprint login can't access encrypted home user account
>
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