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[Nick Barcet <nicolas.barcet@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If at all possible, I would suggest that auto-mount/unmount keep a
counter file in the ~/.ecryptfs directory, ++counter when the user logs
in, --counter when logs out, unmount only if counter == 0.

I guess there could be side effects when a session crashes, leaving the
counter in a bad state. That could be circumvented with a cleanup
procedure invoked at stratup, maybe?

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Ecryptfs Private Directory Randomly Unmounts
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259293
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: libecryptfs0

On my Asus EEE901, I have set up an encrypted private directory as per instructions on one of the developers blogs. It works perfectly, except that it seems to randomly unmount - it seems to be triggered by shutting the lid, but not always.

This is Ubuntu Intrepid, all updates current, KDE desktop. All there is within my Private folder is .ssh/, .gnupg/, .opera/, and Documents/ all symlinked to the same name in my home folder.

It's possible that this is by design that it unmounts when you leave your laptop, but if so this is redundant as it can be remounted immediately by using the mount.ecryptfs_private command without password prompting.