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[Brett Alton <brett.jr.alton@xxxxxxxxx>]

$ sudo aptitude install ecryptfs-utils
$ ecryptfs-setup-private

And than ran through the paces. When it was complete and mounted, I must
my sensitive data in there. Then what happened after that is three days
of computer use, rebooting, etc., but I never looked for the data again.
Once I did, this appeared.

It is possible it occurred after the reboot, but I'm not sure.

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Private directory broken: keyctl_search: Required key not available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290971
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

~/$ cd /home/brett/Private
~/Private$ ls
THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA --  Run mount.ecryptfs_private to mount again
~/Private$ ./THIS\ DIRECTORY\ HAS\ BEEN\ UNMOUNTED\ TO\ PROTECT\ YOUR\ DATA\ --\ \ Run\ mount.ecryptfs_private\ to\ mount\ again 
keyctl_search: Required key not available

What am I supposed to do? There was no warning of this in Nautilus; luckily I knew how to run the program in BASH.

I need access to my files and this is not so amusing.