Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils
ecryptfs seems unreliable. In a recent case I performed a git fsck on a large samba4 repo, like this: git fsck --full --verbose --strict it failed with a corrupt dangling commit, and dmesg showed: [961417.528106] ecryptfs_read_and_validate_header_region: Error reading header region; rc = [-4] [961417.528150] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region [961417.528156] 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 I repeated the git fsck and it worked without problem, and dmesg showed nothing. as git fsck does not repair, we can clude that different data was read the second time. The chance of a bad git appearing good by accident is very small. The fact that the dmesg error shows when git fsck fails suggests that the failure occured the first time and not the second time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: libecryptfs0 83-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic-pae 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Feb 10 09:13:38 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ecryptfs-utils ** Affects: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/716332 Title: ecryptfs fails sporadically -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs