[ale] ecryptfs problems switching OSes

[David Lemcoe]

Well, I didn't keep any key, but I do know the password that it wanted, and
when I put in an incorrect one, it complains about it.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Michael B. Trausch <mbt at zest.trausch.us>wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, David Lemcoe wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently switched from Ubuntu to Debian, and previously had my
> /home/david
> > encrypted using ecryptfs that I configured at the time of install. Now, I
> > have installed Debian, and I cannot successfully mount the old ~/.Private
> > directory. I am using the following command:
> >
> > mount -t ecryptfs /media/disk-4/home/david/.Private/ /media/Private
> >
> > (/media/disk-4/ is the root of my old install)
> >
> > When I do this, it asks for a password, encryption method, and byte size.
> I
> > do all this, and at the end it says "Mounted eCryptfs". Now when I go to
> the
> > new mount point (/media/Private), it has the following files:
>
> I presume that you saved the master key (or printed it out), yes?  The
> password it wants is quite likely the key that was derived from your
> password
> on the old system, though I could be wrong on that.  I remember when I was
> tinkering with it, though, it gave me a huge key that was to be kept
> somewhere
> "just in case," which I would assume applies to your situation here.
>
>        --- Mike
>
> >
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0djk9ZF4Eth2rerv0r9zSk--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0MsQIMa42iCFwbzIUKMRmk--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0RtRndGswxn52zE-q24bEE--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0.tlv2flBPlovUNhgpoXSU--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1BOhNByIpqgq0zBWb5G1Q---
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1DeEIj1NHrj1ZkOTU6kuLU--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1fd-dFJXN0Qd7cBB2EXaIk--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1HzTxBRLW7zLIJTnv2sCYU--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y2o3i5yJ6-7XrVjHAL5dGmk--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y4smc7MqH-qytpbU0XDSV8k--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y5D46sn-eQQbhvNostL7MSE--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y5XSmUTdyrqAA831CTSqM4U--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y6YwIQ1ymXF8LA5d1W6mJxE--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y7OlI7HnS1lcBp.CknZTWf---
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y7TPFVCQnRQFZC8CWhrbPhE--
> >
> ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y.8G2vhJKqlj1rH7sY0bs0U--
> > ......
> >
> > and many more....
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? I really need my old files.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > David
> >
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