Public bug reported: When I do a "su - user" as user root and this user has an encrypted home, ecryptfs-mount-private fails with "No such file or directory":
root@wupp:~# su - framstag Signature not found in user keyring Perhaps try the interactive 'ecryptfs-mount-private' framstag@wupp:~: ll lrwxrwxrwx framstag users - 2016-09-13 17:40:15 Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop -> /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.desktop lrwxrwxrwx framstag users - 2016-09-13 17:40:15 README.txt -> /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.txt framstag@wupp:~: ecryptfs-mount-private Enter your login passphrase: Inserted auth tok with sig [8d3041402fc70c61] into the user session keyring mount: No such file or directory framstag@wupp:~: ll lrwxrwxrwx framstag users - 2016-09-13 17:40:15 Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop -> /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.desktop lrwxrwxrwx framstag users - 2016-09-13 17:40:15 README.txt -> /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.txt In contrast, login via ssh works as expected: root@wupp:~# ssh framstag@localhost framstag@localhost's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage Last login: Wed Sep 14 13:04:17 2016 from 127.0.0.1 framstag@wupp:~: ll drwxr-xr-x framstag users - 2016-08-17 12:27:18 Downloads root@wupp:~# mount | grep crypt /local/home/.ecryptfs/framstag/.Private on /local/home/framstag type ecryptfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=ff00eef45bff6817,ecryptfs_sig=8d3041402fc70c61,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,ecryptfs_unlink_sigs) root@wupp:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial root@wupp:~# dpkg -l | grep ecryptfs-utils ii ecryptfs-utils 111-0ubuntu1.1 amd64 ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities) -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: [email protected] Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ ** Affects: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1623453 Title: ecryptfs-mount-private does not work after su - user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1623453/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
