[ale] ecryptfs problems switching OSes

[David Lemcoe]

Can anyone please help? I really need my backups restored.

Thank you,

David

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:57 PM, David Lemcoe <forum at lemcoe.com> wrote:

> 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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