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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

ubuntostones-

Aha!  Thanks for the excellent detective work.

Absolutely, automatic mounting of encrypted ~/Private cannot work with
automatic logins.

Mounting of encrypted ~/Private requires you to enter your password at
login.  If you have not done so, the required key is not present, and
thus it will not be mountable.

As I'm a Server Developer (no gui, no automatic logins there), I'll
need to have a discussion with the Desktop guys to collaborate on a
way to solve this.

Thanks,
:-Dustin

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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: Invalid

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