Comment 12 for bug 283477

ok I just moved .ecryptfs and .Private to another directory to reinstall
ecryptfs private
ecryptfs-setup-private
defcon@ion:~$ ecryptfs-setup-private
Enter your login passphrase:
Enter your login passphrase (again):
Enter your mount passphrase [leave blank to generate one]:
Enter your mount passphrase (again):

************************************************************************
YOU SHOULD RECORD YOUR MOUNT PASSPHRASE AND STORE IN A SAFE LOCATION:
THIS WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR DATA AT A LATER TIME.
************************************************************************

Unable to read salt value from user's .ecryptfsrc file; using default
ERROR: Could not add passphrase to the current keyring
defcon@ion:~$

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Dustin Kirkland
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Your problems begin here:
> * Error attempting to unwrap passphrase and insert into the user session
> keyring; rc = [-5]
>
> If ecryptfs cannot unwrap the passphrase, it cannot perform the mount
> and you will not be able to read your data.
>
> Looking at the system log, it says:
> * ion ecryptfs-insert-wrapped-passphrase-into-keyring: Incorrect wrapping
> key for file [/home/defcon/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase]
>
> This means that you're trying to unwrap the mount passphrase with the
> wrong login password. You might try both your current, and your new
> password, or any other that you might have used.
>
> When you can unwrap your mount passphrase successfully, you should be
> able to perform the mount.
>
> In the case that you are not able to unwrap your passphrase, you should
> have recorded it somewhere. If you setup your Encrypted Private Directory
> in the installer, there was an installation screen that said:
>
> There is no way to recover this passphrase if you lose it. To avoid
> losing data, you should normally write down the passphrase and keep it
> in a safe place separate from this computer.
> .
> Your new encryption passphrase is as follows:
> ${PASSPHRASE}
> Please write this down and store it separately from this computer.
>
> Or, if you used 'ecryptfs-setup-private' to setup your ~/Private
> directory, it said:
>
> ************************************************************************
> YOU SHOULD RECORD THIS MOUNT PASSPHRASE AND STORE IN A SAFE LOCATION:
> ${PASSPHRASE}
> THIS WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR DATA AT A LATER TIME.
> ************************************************************************
>
>
> :-Dustin
>
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> ecryptfs-utils does not handle changing password
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283477
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