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[solved] Add new users - no option to encrypt home directory - Sprintrdriver - 12-11-2018
Hi.
Have just installed LL 4.2 - and I'm starting to add new users. I wish those users to have an encrypted home dir (both users is actually myself and I run backup from time to time).
The issue I face is that the Lite User Manager doesn't have an option for "encrypt home directory" for adding new users. Also, I cannot find anywhere in the man pages for useradd and adduser command, how to set encryption for the users home folder.
I had Linux Lite 3.6 installed on this computer before, and I recall that it had the ability to make the users home dirs encrypted when adding new users.
[edit]
Found this aged article for Ubuntu from 2012 - hope that still works
https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how-to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/
[edit 2]
Ok - that didn't work. After creating the user "geir", the command did not succeded:
Code:
gjest ~ sudo ecryptfs-migrate-home -u geir
[sudo] password for gjest:
INFO: Checking disk space, this may take a few moments. Please be patient.
INFO: Checking for open files in /home/geir
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1001/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
INFO: The following files are in use:
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1001/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
dbus-daem 18434 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
xfconfd 18526 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gpg-agent 18530 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfsd 18554 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfsd-fus 18560 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
applet.py 18567 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
applet.py 18567 geir 2w REG 0,49 11303 1322397 /home/geir/.xsession-errors
gvfs-udis 18575 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
dconf-ser 18582 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfs-gpho 18597 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfs-afc- 18611 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfs-mtp- 18621 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
at-spi-bu 18622 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
dbus-daem 18632 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfs-goa- 18635 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfsd-net 18646 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfsd-dns 18698 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfsd-tra 18735 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
gvfsd-com 18741 geir cwd DIR 0,49 672 1318892 /home/geir
ERROR: Cannot proceed.not Ok, is important for me that I have the ability to make user profiles with encrypted home folder. Is this a distro dependent feature after all ?
Re: [solved] Add new users - no option to encrypt home directory - Sprintrdriver - 12-11-2018
UPDATE
Have being fiddling around try to figure out what's wrong.
First I believed that I forgot the command "sudo apt-get install ecryptfs-utils cryptsetup", but it turns out it ship with the OS so there must be something else.
Then - just of a sudden - I figured out I'd try to delete the directory /home/.ecrptfs because since I didn't format the /home partition during install, that directory was a leftover from the LL 3.6 installation.
After I did that - I followed the instructions in the link, and I got it to work ;D