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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I don't think you understood me very well...

Do this ...

Put a single, unencrypted copy of authorized_keys in
/var/lib/ecryptfs/$USER

Now, symlink to that file from two locations...

When your $HOME is created, do:

 $ ln -s /var/lib/ecryptfs/$USER/authorized_keys $HOME/.ssh

And the do the same when it's not mounted.

:-Dustin

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Auto mount of encrypted home directory RANDOMLY stops to work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364015
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Status in eCryptfs - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem: Incomplete
Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
I had a problem with ssh public key auth and encrypted home directory in Jaunty. I fixed the issue by workaround provided by Dustin Kirkland:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/362427

But after reboot auto mount of encrypted home directory has stopped to work. There is only one error string in auth.log:

Mount of private directory return code [256]

At the same time I am able to mount home directory manually through ecryptfs-mount-private command. But  /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private shows me the following:

keyctl_search: Required key not available
Perhaps try the interactive 'ecryptfs-mount-private'

... looks like pam_ecryptfs is not able to read  ~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase