Trying to mount a personnal dir (not home) with ecryptfs-simple fails, with the same error messages in kern.log as comment #20. (Using Linux Mint 19, Xfce.) The workaround in comments #26 and #30 works for me. (No sudo like in #28 : with sudo the mount works but the key sig gets added to /root/.ecryptfs . So keyctl has to be launched by thenormal user.)
This bug affects a cryptographic (read: highly sensitive) feature, is 15 months old, a patch was proposed 12 months ago, but it is still of "Undecided" importance and still "Unassigned"? Come on! Are the ecryptfs-utils and systemd packages unmaintained at Ubuntu? The maintainer of ecryptfs-utils, Dustin Kirkland, is only listed as "may be notified" in the list of subscribers! The group maintainer of systemd, "Ubuntu Developers", is not listed at all! ** Tags added: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718658 Title: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1718658/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
