Actually, let me make some more specific questions... 1) Make sure $HOME is not mounted. $ ecryptfs-umount-private $ mount | grep $USER When you're sure $HOME is not mounted $ cd $HOME $ ls -alF $HOME
2) Mount $HOME $ ecryptfs-mount-private $ mount | grep $USER $ cd $HOME $ ls -alF $HOME 3) Also, examine your encrypted directory. $ ls -alF /home/.ecryptfs/$USER/.Private :-Dustin -- Encrypted home directory file Input/output error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426272 You received this bug notification because you are a member of eCryptfs, which is subscribed to ecryptfs-utils in ubuntu. Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is a fresh install of karmic koala alpha-5 (Ubuntu karmic (development branch)) on a new machine using the alternate install CCD (required LVM+software RAID). The "encrypt home directory" option was selected during the install. Once complete I was unable to log in via GDM. This reported problems accessing the $HOME/.ICEauthority file. Logging in via the console was possible. Attempts to read or modify (chown||chmod) the .ICEauthority file as the user or root (again from console) failed with "Input/output error". Ultimately this was resolved by deleting then recreating (touch .ICEauthority) the file as root. I have now encountered the same problem accessing files in the $HOME/.gnupg directory while trying to import keys. A simple script which does an fopen()/fclose() on all files under $HOME when run as either the user or root returns: Unable to open /home/djf/.compiz-gnomecompat Unable to open /home/djf/.pulse-cookie Unable to open /home/djf/gnupg/secring.gpg Unable to open /home/djf/gnupg/gpg.conf Unable to open /home/djf/gnupg/trustdb.gpg Unable to open /home/djf/gnupg/pubring.gpg Unable to open /home/djf/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config Unable to open /home/djf/.config/user-dirs.locale Unable to open /home/djf/.dbus/session-bus/5cf1f2eb5de5eb7933fc8c964aa0e4c9-0 Unable to open /home/djf/.cache/compizconfig/cubeaddon.pb Unable to open /home/djf/.cache/notify-osd.log Unable to open /home/djf/.cache/event-sound-cache.tdb.5cf1f2eb5de5eb7933fc8c964aa0e4c9.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Unable to open /home/djf/.pulse/5cf1f2eb5de5eb7933fc8c964aa0e4c9-device-volumes.tdb Unable to open /home/djf/.pulse/5cf1f2eb5de5eb7933fc8c964aa0e4c9-card-database.tdb Unable to open /home/djf/.pulse/5cf1f2eb5de5eb7933fc8c964aa0e4c9-stream-volumes.tdb All of these files are owned by the user in question: d...@unicorn:~/bug$ ls -l /home/djf/.pulse-cookie -rw------- 1 djf djf 12288 2009-09-07 10:42 /home/djf/.pulse-cookie The files in gnupg were copied (cp $src $dest) from .gnupg Between discovering problem .gnupg files and running the script they started to behave - possibly due to running software-properties-gkt being run in that interval (?). As an example of the access error: d...@unicorn:~$ cat /home/djf/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config cat: /home/djf/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config: Input/output error dmesg gains another of these messages for each failed access: [87804.727437] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region [87804.727441] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO This may also explain why pulseaudio appears to be suffering (device manager says "connection refused", hence no sources or sinks). The machine has 2 1TB HDD configured as 3 x software raid 1: /dev/md0 == /boot (29.80 GB) ext2 /dev/md1 == encrypted swap (29.80 GB) /dev/md2 == LVM volume group vg00 /dev/mapper/vg00-root00 == / (29.80 GB) ext4 /dev/mapper/vg00-home00 == /home (29.80 GB) ext4, user directories encrypted. /dev/mapper/vg00-snap00 == /snap (29.80 GB) ext4 /dev/mapper/vg00-data00 == /data (782.51 GB) ext4 The encrypted home directory uses the default install, mount reports: /home/djf/.Private on /home/djf type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_sig=XXXXXX,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=XXXXXX,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
