Re: [PLUG] go ahead and encrypt that HOME partition....

[Lincoln Fessenden <linc@lincgeek.org>]

Backups?

On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 07:27:50PM -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
> Yeah, I once thought encrypting a desktop computer was a good idea.  It was so
> easy.  So seamless.
> 
> Well, it was so seamless that i forgot it was encrypted.  I was so smart that I
> forgot that it was encrypted when I remembered that I carefully and
> purposefully made sure that /home was on a separate partition so that I could
> do a fresh OS install while preserving my home folders.
> 
> WRONG!
> 
> The encryption keys were stored in the / partition which I overwrote with the
> new install.  I lost stuff I can never replace.
> 
> Security that keeps the owner out is not really security.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:19 PM, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
>      Trying to mount old (encrypted) HOME dir to new install of 12.04.
> 
>      I follow these easy directions:
> 
>      https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory
> 
> 
>      and damn near successfully mount the directory.
> 
>      I mounted *something* but all the folders say
>      ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbblahblahblah
> 
>      No errors in logs to indicate there is a problem.  I'm guessing it
>      thinks it's still encrypted.
> 
>      Also tried ecryptfs-mount-private but it keeps telling me
>      Encrypted private directory is not setup properly
> 
>      tried ecryptfs-recover-private
>      (from syslog) Mount on filesystem of type eCryptfs explicitly
>      disallowed due to known incompatibilities
> 
>      Tried Googling the errors but I seem to be chasing my tail.
> 
> 
>      Suggestions welcome and thank you.
> 
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