You don't have to do this as root, you can do this as the non-privileged user with:
$ ecryptfs-umount-private $ chmod 700 Private $ rm -rf ~/.ecryptfs ~/.Private ~/Private Understanding, of course, that you're blowing away any and all data in those directories. I don't think that I'm going to provide a utility to do this. However, I could perhaps create a utility, ecryptfs-delete-private, as you suggest, that prints these 3 steps to the screen, with appropriate safeguard warnings. Would this suffice? :-Dusitn -- Cannot delete a single user ~/Private folder https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298421 You received this bug notification because you are a member of eCryptfs, which is subscribed to ecryptfs-utils in ubuntu. Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils Intrepid Ibex - last updated Kernel 2.6.27-7-generic Gnome-Desktop 2.24 Using the command "ecryptfs-setup-private" generates a new folder inside the home-area, after logout and coming back - so it's intended and works. Having more users than one, every one can do as well in his/her home-area -> it works too! But if one of these wants to delete the ~/Private folder separate, there is no command to do so else to deinstall the package "ecryptfs-utils" on common operating system totally". I'm missing a command as "ecryptfs-delete-private" available for each user. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
