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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

The code that checks this is the following:

        # Check home directories
        for i in `ls /home`; do
                if [ -d "/home/$i/.ecryptfs" ]; then
                        # If we find a .ecryptfs directory (or link) in a home,
                        # directory, then someone is using ecryptfs-utils, and
                        # we should not allow package removal
                        echo "ERROR: Cannot remove ecryptfs-utils, as it appears to be in use:" 1>&2
                        echo "       [/home/$i/.ecryptfs]" 1>&2
                        exit 1
                fi
        done

The goal here is to prevent an administrator from inadvertently removing
ecryptfs-utils, in case one of her users is actually using ecryptfs.  Of
course, the administrator has the ability to 'rm -rf
/home/$i/.ecryptfs', if that's the appropriate action.


:-Dustin

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package ecryptfs-utils 73-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350089
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in ecryptfs-utils in Ubuntu Jaunty: Triaged

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

The crash notification appeared after ubuntu installer had crashed.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Package: ecryptfs-utils 73-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: ecryptfs-utils
Title: package ecryptfs-utils 73-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686