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[Neil Broadley <scaine@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

There doesn't appear to be anyway to set up the Private directory in any
location other than ~/Private.  The use case here is that to support
suspend/hibernate, I've put my /home on the tiny 4Gb partition on my EEE
701 netboot.  However, I then symlink all my directories in Home (such
Pictures, Videos, Music, etc) to a 32Gb SD card which is mounted as
/media/MyData.  I'd like to put the encrypted directory on that card and
not on /home.

I've tried creating a symlink called Data inside ~/Private to a
directory on my card.  However, when I created a text file by editing
~/Private/Data/test.txt, then running /sbin/umount.ecryptfs_private, I
was dismayed to discover that the text file was written to my media card
unencrypted.  This doesn't appear to be a solution.

I also tried symlinking ~/.Private to a directory on the media card then
re-running ecryptfs-setup-private, but sadly it complains that .Private
is not empty (although it is, hidden files and all) and fails to
complete the process.

My lack of fundamental understanding of ecryptfs is clearly a barrier
here, but perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I can find a solution.
This bug is opened in the spirit that this should be an option in the
ecryptfs-setup-private process, rather than finding a hack that makes
the change after the fact.

** Affects: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Cannot specify location of Private directory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294888
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

There doesn't appear to be anyway to set up the Private directory in any location other than ~/Private.  The use case here is that to support suspend/hibernate, I've put my /home on the tiny 4Gb partition on my EEE 701 netboot.  However, I then symlink all my directories in Home (such Pictures, Videos, Music, etc) to a 32Gb SD card which is mounted as /media/MyData.  I'd like to put the encrypted directory on that card and not on /home.

I've tried creating a symlink called Data inside ~/Private to a directory on my card.  However, when I created a text file by editing ~/Private/Data/test.txt, then running /sbin/umount.ecryptfs_private, I was dismayed to discover that the text file was written to my media card unencrypted.  This doesn't appear to be a solution.

I also tried symlinking ~/.Private to a directory on the media card then re-running ecryptfs-setup-private, but sadly it complains that .Private is not empty (although it is, hidden files and all) and fails to complete the process.

My lack of fundamental understanding of ecryptfs is clearly a barrier here, but perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I can find a solution.  This bug is opened in the spirit that this should be an option in the ecryptfs-setup-private process, rather than finding a hack that makes the change after the fact.