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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the report.

eCryptfs is not designed to protect a user from a root user once
running.  It certainly will protect you from attacks from a malicious
user rebooting your system into a Live ISO environment.  But it's not
meant to protect you from your own root user.  Sorry.

** Changed in: ecryptfs
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  root user can mount a user encrypted directory

Status in eCryptfs - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I could do that adding a SSH key to the user's authorized_keys file
  and login with that key. I am surprise about I could decrypt the
  user's home directory!

  Doesn't  eCryptfs prevent the root user to mount a user's home
  directory?

  Thanks!

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