What the backup utility would do is to unshare a new mounts namespace, mount / as MS_SLAVE|MS_REC, unmount any ecryptfs directories, and start the backup.
(As always, I must point out that having proper keyring support is still far preferable) -- establish ro,bind mount of /home for backup purposes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371719 You received this bug notification because you are a member of eCryptfs, which is subscribed to ecryptfs-utils in ubuntu. Status in eCryptfs - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem: Triaged Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This bug is similar to Bug #365596. A commenter there had an excellent suggestion. eCryptfs should, perhaps, add an entry to /etc/fstab that looks like this: /home /.home-backup none ro,bind This would ensure that encrypted copies of all files are available at all times to backup utilities at /.home-backup. :-Dustin _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
