I tried the ecryptfs-unlock-passphrase command, and got an error after
entering my login password. The error message tells me to look in a log, but
not which file. /var/log/syslog seems not to have anything about libecryptfs.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave
david@belenos:~$
thanks for all these references! After posting my last reply, I booted the
live Trisquel image, and mounted my /home partition. When I changed to my
home folder, I was never prompted for passphrases, and I could read all the
files. This suggests a bug in ubiquity, with the effect that,
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase /home/username/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory#Recovering_Your_Mount_Passphrase
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/user.log
/var/log/auth.log
$ecrypt-unwrap-passphrase
you want to acquire this mount passphrase at a later date, just run the
ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase command while logged in.
You can still recover your encrypted files without this mount passphrase,
assuming the ecryptfs wrapped passphrase is still available on your
Hi,
In a new installation of Belenos GNOME edition, I chose to encrypt my home
folder. In this installation, I partitioned manually. I was never prompted
for an encryption pass phrase. Does this mean my login password is also used
to unlock encryption, or did the install go as if I hadn't
Thanks! I'll try looking at the folder from elsewhere, maybe try mounting it
in /mnt on the live cd. If some other pass phrase were displayed at first
login, I didn't hear it. Also, if I change my login password, what will
happen to the encryption?
Yes, your login password decrypts it. There is also a special passphrase (I
forget when you're told what it is, I want to say when you log in or
something?), but you don't normally use it.
If you want to be absolutely sure your home folder is encrypted, try logging
in as another user and
