Ubuntu
ecryptfs-utils package

  1. Bug #259631
  2. Comment #47

Comment 47 for bug 259631

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ubuntostones (spamgoat) wrote : Re: Cannot open Private directory after a reboot

Based on above bug descriptions, I figured it might have to do with the new "automatic login" feature in 8.10. So I clean installed 8.10 final, enabled "automatic login" through the graphical installer, and followed the steps required to get the Private directory working. To little surprise, I can confirm the behaviour:

$ mount.ecryptfs_private
keyctl_search: Required key not available

I tried rebooting, logging out (interestingly enough, logging out with automatic login logs the user right back in automagically), and many other voodoo-like things, but I could not get it to work, whether I removed the folders or used --force.

After disabling automatic login and redoing the steps, it immediately worked as expected. It auto-mounts now.

I hope that helps.