Re: [Trisquel-users] Decrypting a users home directory

[chris]

BoydHAko is probably referring to cryptfs which is available during the  
installation of Trisquel. It encrypts the home directory. I'm no expert in  
this particular matter though. I've attempted to recover and help others  
recover from situations where the system was not bootable as a result of this  
software. Unfortunately the documentation isn't great and even following very  
clear directions may or does not work. At best I can say the software is  
problematic and lacking of solid documentation (It may just be the  
implementation that is a problem- I have not used this on non-Debin/Ubuntu  
derived distributions).

I would not recommend it for use with Trisquel in any case. I'm confident  
there are today a number of other solutions that work far better. Maybe  
somebody else who knows more can provide recovery instructions that actually  
works... ? or otherwise suggest something that does.