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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Uploaded a fix to karmic, though it doesn't involve a bind mount.

Instead, all of /var/lib/ecryptfs and the user's .Private dir has been
moved to /home/.ecryptfs/$USER.

This allows the user to access this data, and back it up whether or not
the home dir is mounted.

I actually think it might be a good idea to provide something like this
for Jaunty users.

I suspect a number of Jaunty users upgrading to Karmic may well
inadvertently delete their /var/lib/ecryptfs data, and not have a
backup.

:-Dustin

** Also affects: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Jaunty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Jaunty)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Jaunty)
   Importance: Wishlist => Low

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Jaunty)
    Milestone: None => jaunty-updates

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Jaunty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)

** Summary changed:

- establish ro,bind mount of /home for backup purposes
+ provide access to .ecryptfs and .Private for backup purposes

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Jaunty)
   Importance: Low => High

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provide access to .ecryptfs and .Private for backup purposes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371719
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Status in eCryptfs - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem: Fix Released
Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in ecryptfs-utils in Ubuntu Jaunty: Confirmed

Bug description:
This bug is similar to Bug #365596.

A commenter there had an excellent suggestion.  eCryptfs should, perhaps, add an entry to /etc/fstab that looks like this:

/home /.home-backup none ro,bind

This would ensure that encrypted copies of all files are available at all times to backup utilities at /.home-backup.

:-Dustin