Dustin, thank you for answering. What I'd like to do: Stop ecryptfs from automatically mounting the private folder when I log in. I'd like to be asked a password (be it my normal user password or the special passphrase) before I get access to ~/Private. I found the information that I could remove the auto-mount file which would mean that ~/Private would not be mounted automatically.
What happens: After I give my user name and password at the graphical Xfce login screen, the computer does something for 10-20 seconds (hd activity...), quickly shows the black text-only screen with some messages I cannot decipher (too quick), and then just falls back to the very same login screen. I.e.: Login to Xfce is impossible. I have to login to a text-only screen and put the auto-[u]mount files in place again. Questions: a) Is the information correct that one can just remove the auto-mount and/or auto-umount files in order to stop ~/Private from being auto-(u)mounted? b) If not: What should I do instead to get the desired behaviour? Suggestion: c) The tutorial on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory could be completed with the answer to a) and b) I hope this time it's clearer! -- pam_ecryptfs should respect ~/.ecryptfs/auto-[u]mount files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256154 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: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils >From user feedback on the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory >wiki page... * "I hope there will also be an option for the ~/Private directory to ''not'' be mounted at login" Additionally, it would be nice to allow a user to "not unmount" ~/Private automatically on logout. The hooks are already in place in ecryptfs-setup-private to create the ~/.ecryptfs/auto-mount and ~/.ecryptfs/auto-umount files. We simply need to teach pam_ecryptfs to respect that configuration. :-Dustin _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
