recovery from ecryptfs encrypted home folders not usable for beginners
Bug #483933 reported by
Paolino Paperino
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It is not easy and straightforward for inexperienced users to recover their own data from a home directory encrypted with ecryptfs using only an Ubuntu 9.10 live CD.
The average user should be able to access his encrypted data using only the Ubuntu 9.10 live CD, acting as "ubuntu" generic user, with only one click. The only data the user should be asked for is the login password of the home directory the user is accessing to.
The system should attend to automatically recover the mount passphrase, add it to the kernel keyring. and mount the encrypted home directory.
Sorry for bad English, I am Italian-only speaking.
affects: | ubuntu → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
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I understand your issue but the whole point of having the home folder encrypted is that recovering it with something like a live CD isn't exactly easy. Having it any other way would pose a security risk.
I do agree that inexperienced users would be totally lost trying to do it, and most will not have bothered to retain a copy of the encryption key.
Sounds like some discussion is needed to see if a solution can be found to accomodate everyone