Comment 78 for bug 344878

So how does one go about disabling file name encryption/obfuscation to avoid this bug? This has been asked here several times, with no answer AFAICT. I know there's an argument you can pass during mounting, but I can't find an explanation of where to change that mount option. How does one go about permanently disabling file name encryption during system install, or at the very least, immediately after setting up an encrypted home?

Also, as mentioned previously, given the severity of this bug, file name encryption should really be disabled by default, or at least made easier to disable. As Dustin's explained, it's more obfuscation than encryption anyway.

This is a real blocker for me. I have hundreds, if not thousands of files with long names that I've accumulated over the years, and these aren't even auto-generated. The upshot of this bug is that it's made me investigate alternatives, and I'm starting to lean towards whole partition encryption with dm-crypt/cryptsetup instead. Too bad that isn't an option on the ubuntu desktop CDs, just on the alternate install CDs.