Ubuntu
ecryptfs-utils package

  1. Bug #725862
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 725862

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

I get a similar error running ecryptfs-setup-private on a newly-created clean account.

newuser@fixed-disk:~$ ecryptfs-setup-private
Enter your login passphrase:
Enter your mount passphrase [leave blank to generate one]:

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YOU SHOULD RECORD YOUR MOUNT PASSPHRASE AND STORE IT IN A SAFE LOCATION.
  ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase ~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase
THIS WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR DATA AT A LATER TIME.
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Done configuring.

Testing mount/write/umount/read...
keyctl_search: Required key not available
Perhaps try the interactive 'ecryptfs-mount-private'
ERROR: Could not mount private ecryptfs directory (2)