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file-roller package

Cannot manually copy or backup encrypted home

Bug #435472 reported by komputes
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ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
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Low
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file-roller (Ubuntu)
New
Low
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

Using a LiveCD, attempting to backup my encrypted /home (ecryptfs protected but not mounted) onto an external drive (NTFS Format) I am unable to either copy the files directly or create an archive using file-roller.

I have attached the errors that both programs give. I think this could be solved if we can find a way to have ecryptfs save the encrypted data one image file (with an 8.3 char name) which is easy to backup and manipulate.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 23 19:38:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20090922)
Package: ecryptfs-utils 81-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
SourcePackage: ecryptfs-utils
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686

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komputes (komputes) wrote :
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komputes (komputes) wrote :
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komputes (komputes) wrote :
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komputes (komputes) wrote :
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komputes (komputes) wrote :

Output of the following comman:
sudo grep -i ecryptfs /var/log/* > grep.logs

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

can you copy those files using cp or gvfs-copy on a command line or do you get similar errors?

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Hi David-

I'm not familiar with file-roller.

Out of curiosity, can you try tarring your home dir up, and copying that to your NFS partition?

tar zcvf backup.tar.gz <your encrypted dir>

Let's see if that basic test works, before getting too deep.

:-Dustin

Changed in ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Low
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Jon Thysell (jonthysell) wrote :

Hi Dustin,

From with my logged in session I can run

tar zcvf backup.tar.gz /home/.ecryptfs

and it seems to work fine, tarring up all the encrypted folders/files.

When I can get a chance I'll see if there's any problem when trying the same thing from a live-cd with nothing mounted.

My guess this is a limitation of file-roller (the default archive manager in gnome).

/jon

Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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komputes (komputes) wrote :

Please let me know what additional information is needed to troubleshoot this file-roller bug.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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