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[Chris Coulson <chrisccoulson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Encrypted Private Directory is not automatically mounted when using gdm auto-login
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284443
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
Status in “gdm” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
if autologin is enabled in gdm, the encrypted private directory is not automatically mounted 

as ubiquitiy now has an autologin option, this will affect many users who later manually create an encrypted directory

from the security point of view, no auto mount for auto login this is certainly good and not a 'bug'; but it is unexpected and should be documented; also, both ecryptfs-utils and gdmsetup should explicitly warn for this case