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[Jesse <sbjesse+launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1
Thank Dustin and Tyler and everybody that contributed!
I mean before ecryptfs I used encfs and the file name encryption there works practically way better! No offense but the current bloat ratio of FNEK in ecryptfs is nearly unbearable!
So I have this file which would be quite common (spaces escaped)
1-01\ Serenade\ No.\ 13\ in\ G\ major\,\ K.\ 525\,\ _Eine\ kleine\ Nachtmusik__\ I.\ Allegro_\ Serenade\ No.\ 13\ in\ G\ major\,\ K.\ 525\,\ Eine\ kleine\ Nachtmusik_\ I.\ Allegro.mp3
length of original name: 154
after encfs file name encryption (all default settings): 217
in ecryptfs: too long ...

a table of comparison
        file/folder name        original length        encfs len       ecryptfs len
Various Artists                         16              25              85
The Very Best of Mozart                 24              47              105 

Really hope this can somehow be fixed

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file name to long when creating new file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344878
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Status in eCryptfs - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem: Confirmed
Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
When trying to create a new file with a relatively long filename (f. ex. dfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqbdfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqbdfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqb.txt)
I get an error: file name to long, when in fact the file name is not to long, but the encrypted name created for this file is to long, so, the file was not created.

this is no problem when I try to create a file, but when I'm copying a lot of files to my home folder I get some: filename to long error's and it's hard to fix (first locate the file, create shorter name, move again)

so, maybe you could create a check for to long filenames?

I'm using ext4 here...

mv dfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqbdfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqbdfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqb.txt /home/jens/
mv: cannot stat `/home/jens/dfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqbdfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqbdfkmqsdgjfmqsldjfmlsqkjlqkdmfsmgjlqlskdqshgpoizehmlqkbgmlqbgmqb.txt': File name too long


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