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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your problems begin here:
 * Error attempting to unwrap passphrase and insert into the user session keyring; rc = [-5]

If ecryptfs cannot unwrap the passphrase, it cannot perform the mount
and you will not be able to read your data.

Looking at the system log, it says:
 * ion ecryptfs-insert-wrapped-passphrase-into-keyring: Incorrect wrapping key for file [/home/defcon/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase]

This means that you're trying to unwrap the mount passphrase with the
wrong login password.  You might try both your current, and your new
password, or any other that you might have used.

When you can unwrap your mount passphrase successfully, you should be
able to perform the mount.

In the case that you are not able to unwrap your passphrase, you should have recorded it somewhere.  If you setup your Encrypted Private Directory in the installer, there was an installation screen that said:
 
   There is no way to recover this passphrase if you lose it. To avoid
    losing data, you should normally write down the passphrase and keep it
    in a safe place separate from this computer.
    .
    Your new encryption passphrase is as follows:
    ${PASSPHRASE}
    Please write this down and store it separately from this computer.

Or, if you used 'ecryptfs-setup-private' to setup your ~/Private
directory, it said:

    ************************************************************************
    YOU SHOULD RECORD THIS MOUNT PASSPHRASE AND STORE IN A SAFE LOCATION:
    ${PASSPHRASE}
    THIS WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR DATA AT A LATER TIME.
    ************************************************************************


:-Dustin

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ecryptfs-utils does not handle changing password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283477
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Status in eCryptfs - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem: Incomplete
Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

I recently changed my login password via:
passwd defcon
changed password
rebooted
Logged in and I get no private directory
I then tried ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase ~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase oldpass newpass and rebooted and still no go, what can I do to recover my data??
Thanks

I also get this error:
defcon@ion:~/.ecryptfs$ mount.ecryptfs_private 
keyctl_search: Required key not available