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/dev/shm/ecryptfs-$USER-Private keeps climbing in Kubuntu 12.10 Install
I'm having a problem with an installation of Kubuntu 12.10 with an encrypted home directory. I've been trying to figure it out for several weeks. For transparency, I'll note here that I posted this ...
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Slow ecryptfs mount
If I create an encrypted share (internally done via ecryptfs) on a synology disk station DS109 (DSM 4.1), mounting is very slow (approx 40 seconds).
It doesn't matter if I do it via the ...
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File goes missing for a short period of time after saving it using VIM
I am having a strange problem that seams to be caused by VIM, the Linux VFS cache, ecryptfs and/or something file system related:
I open a file in VIM, modify it and save it.
I try to access the ...
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have /home/user/Downloads (and other user folders) on a different partition
I recently got an SSD. I use it to store my / as well as my /home directories (on different partitions).
For each user, I would like to have most of their folders on my big RAID-1 with 2 hard drives ...
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setup filename encryption for encrypted home folder in eCryptfs
I used ecryptfs-migrate-home to encrypt my home folder on my Debian (Testing) system.
As I am a complete encryption-greenhorn, I don't know yet how to check, if the encryption succeeded. However, I ...
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conceal home folder completely - is ecryptfs the right choice?
On my Debian-Testing-System, I want to completely conceal the home folders. That means, I not only want the data to be encrypted, but I also want to preclude determining any (or most) information from ...
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ecryptfs recover private, Mounted Private, but the files are still encrypted
I am trying to recover files in the home directory on a ecryptfs partition on Ubuntu 11.10. I suspect it was not setup properly.
I followed instructions, I managed to mount the private directory, ...
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Can't do SSH public key login under encrypted home
I can't do ssh public key login to my server and I think this issue is related to the fact my home is encrypted. I chose the option "encrypt my home folder" under the Ubuntu install setup. The ...
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transparent home directory encryption [closed]
#1 I'm very new to the ubuntu home directory encryption or rather ecryptfs
folder encryption. I read about the same within Dustin's blog & tried
implementing it.
Problem or query is
my home ...
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Mount options with ecryptfs encrypted home
I'm using ecryptfs for an encrypted home directory. I would like to try out the mount option "ecryptfs_xattr" on my encrypted home directory, because it will probably improve performance. Can I ...
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I reset my password and now I can login, but without nautilus or program menu
I recently powered on some old notebook with Linux Mint 11 (Katya) installed, and I thought I remembered my user password, but turns out I didn't. So I reset that password using the instructions here.
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Pamd not mounting ecryptfs disk anymore since upgrade
I have encrypted my home disk a long time ago and I configured pam to mount it automatically on login.
However after update to version 1.1.5-3 pam is not mounting the disk anymore.
Here are the logs ...
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Superblock corruption on every boot
I have a Linux Mint 12 install on my laptop. Yesterday I powered it off like I always do and this morning when I started it I was greeted by an error screen.
(Translated from Swedish)
Fatal ...
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What is the maximum allowed filename (and folder) size with eCryptfs?
I am a new eCryptfs user and I have a very basic question that I wasn't able to find anywhere.
I am interested in using eCryptfs via my Synology NAS that uses Linux.
While trying to encrypt my folder ...
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Is there a tool to map ecryptfs plaintext and encrypted filenames?
Ecryptfs encrypts filenames and sometimes I need to find particular file, so I would like a tool to map the encrypted filenames back to their plaintext file name.
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Can an eCryptfs Home Directory Be Backed Up Remotely
The main idea I want to have is a backup script run rsync to copy my /home/.Private/user directory off to another server. This would allow the backup script to have no knowledge of the data, but mean ...
