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[Rob H <r@xxxxxxxx>]

I take that back. It seemed to work upon a couple previous reboots. Now when I reboot, I try to mount it and I get the old message back:
keyctl_search: Required key not available

Last time I rebooted, I waited a minute and then tried again and it
mounted. Weird... This time I had to wait about 5 minutes. I tried once
a minute, give or take, it kept failing, but then it worked.

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Cannot open Private directory after a reboot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259631
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

I created an encrypted private directory following the instructions here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory

Everything worked as it should until I rebooted. When I try to mount my private directory I get the following message:

 jimk@intrepid:~$ mount.ecryptfs_private
keyctl_search: Required key not available

When I go to create a key, I get the following message:

jimk@intrepid:~$ ecryptfs-setup-private
ERROR: wrapped-passphrase file already exists, use --force to overwrite.

I can create a new passphrase if I use the force option, but I shouldn't have to do this everytime I reboot