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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

True.

However, you should be able to cat either of the files in that directory
and see:

cat Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Access Your Private Data
GenericName=Access Your Private Data
Exec=/usr/bin/ecryptfs-mount-private
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Categories=System;Security;

cat README.txt
THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA.

>From the graphical desktop, click on:
 "Access Your Private Data"

or

>From the command line, run:
 ecryptfs-mount-private


** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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~/Private/Access... can't be run from a terminal
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

>From the section "Testing" of the page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory:

  As user1, force an unmount of Private with umount.ecryptfs_private. Now cd to that directory and make sure you cannot inadvertently write to it. Listing that directory should show a single file with an informative name:

    * THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA -- Run mount.ecryptfs_private to mount again
    * This should be a symbolic link to /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private
    * Try running (or double-clicking) on THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED...

Contrary to what is stated on the page, in Lucid with ecryptfs-utils 82-0ubuntu2:

- the item Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop is linked to /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.desktop
- the link can't be run from the command line since it doesn't point to an executable

The executable /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private does exist and does mount ~/Private when run from the terminal.