Credible help pages say you should avoid changing a password as root (e.g. http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs#Password).
That is all very well if you know it. But you are not likely to know it if your system doesn't tell you. And users are encouraged to change passwords on the command line instead of the GUI if they use encryption. This error is really, inevitable. i) Users would increasingly feel it advisable to use the Ubuntu installer's option of encryption when installing. ii) They would also increasingly feel it sensible at some point to change their encryption password. iii) There is no obvious place in the GUI to change the encryption password (not in Xubuntu at least). Ubuntu forums, when you search for how to change the encryption password, give command line instructions. iv) Changing encryption password requires root privileges v) Users would likely change their user password while changing their encryption password vi) They would likely attempt to make this change as root, since recent instructions have demonstrated it is required and it is anyway intuitive that you would need root privileges to do something as sensitive as change a user password. Ergo, the problem is inevitable. And it is negligent of linux password system not to warn users when they are about to change their user password as root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579876 Title: encrypted home directory isn't mounted if password changed by another user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/579876/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
