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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Read the file's name:

  "THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA -- Run
mount.ecryptfs_private to mount again"

Literally, it's telling you that the directory is not mounted.  There's
nothing to see here.  It has been unmounted such that your sensitive
data is not available.  If, however, you want to access this data, you
can try running /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private to mount again.

This is not a file, but rather a symbolic link.  It points to the binary
that can attempt to mount the directory again,
/sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private.  Thus, running the file (or clicking on it
in Nautilus) should attempt to mount ~/Private again, assuming you have
the appropriate key in your keyring.

:-Dustin


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

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Won't Fix

** Summary changed:

-  mount.ecryptfs_private: one file always visible/readable
+ ~/Private: one file visible/readable when not mounted

-- 
~/Private: one file visible/readable when not mounted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290983
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
I am using the latest 8.10.
When the user with a private directory is not logged in, root can have a look in the Private directory and see exactly one file in clear:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 norbert norbert     28 2008-10-15 23:19 THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA --  Run mount.ecryptfs_private to mount again -> /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private
-rw------- 1 norbert norbert 421581 2008-10-15 22:15 x.png.nc


Here the file x.png.nc is the one. 
This file can be extracted and viewed.

Regarding the nature of this directory, I regard this problem as security relevant.