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Ubuntu server 12.10 init script requiring encryptfs to mount first

Below is my /etc/init.d/jboss script. It requires a symlink under an encrypted home directory to exist in order to start. (JBOSS_HOME points there) In /var/log/boot.log it says standalone.sh not ...
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Mount on filesystem of type eCryptfs explicitly disallowed due to known incompatibilities

I get this error when I'm trying to do sudo mount -t ecryptfs folder1 folder2 in my home folder (encrypted by ubuntu) I tried the same command but folders at /tmp, it worked as expected. The error ...
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Mount symantec pgp encrypted HDD in ubuntu

My laptop uses windows 7 with pgp whole disk encryption product from Symantec. Today, the laptop crashed & is now showing some windows recovery related errors. (I am unable to boot to windows.) ...
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encrypted home directory not mounting after log off

I am having issue with my encrypted ecryptfs home directory after I log out and log back in. The home directory won't auto mount and I tried to execute "ecryptfs-mount-private" manually and it does ...
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Auto-passphrase in schroot: can't connect to `/run/user/korn/keyring-x30g9r/gpg

when running "debuild -S -sa" to create the source files and sign them in Ubuntu 12.04 I only had to enter my passphrase once and then it is automatically used to unlock my private key on future runs ...
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How to fix “/dev/mapper/sda5 is inactive” mounting encrypted LVM?

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit system, where I have two sda partitions sda1 and sda5. sda1 is an unencrypted ext2 boot partition and sda5 is an LVM2 encrypted disk containing the root filesystem, ...
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Cant mount cryptswap1 ?

From the reading I've done, it seems it's having issues mounting the encrypted files. The guys here: could not mount /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 Seem to be suggesting how to fix it, but I am new to Linux ...
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Cryptswap boot error - can't mount?

I believe i have my swap set up but am not sure because on start up it says that it is something along the lines of "could not mount /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 M for manual S for skip". But it appears to ...
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Auto-mount filesystems on boot fails (12.10)

I have a Compaq HP 8200 slim desktop running 12.10 with encrypted partitions (set up with the text-based installer). Everything's working fine, except... When I boot the computer, my /boot and ...
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drivemount applet on cinnamon

I migrated to 12.04. under gnome / mate I have drivemount applet. It autodiscovers my encrypted lvm and show an icon. I can click on that icon, popup appears, I type password and my drive is mounted ...
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auto mount cryptmount/encrypted loop device

Because of limitation of filename size of ecryptfs, I decided to use encrypted partition. Since I already use ecryptfs, for my home folder, I don't need the key to be password-protected. I need a ...
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cryptsetup partitions not detected at boot

I installed a fresh 12.04 and tried to mimic what I had for 10.04. swap should be encrypted with a urandom key and there's another partition that will contain home and other directories. # cat ...
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How Do I Hide an LVM Physical Volume from the Devices Section on the Nautilus Side Pane?

I installed 12.04 on my netbook with the Alternate CD ISO. I have set up 3 partitions and encrypted them with dm_crypt. When I boot up, I enter a pass phrase for each partition and they are all ...
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How to script a mount command involving a dm-crypt / luks volume

I am trying to make a script that will mount an encrypted volume (dm-crypt / luks) with a password that is passed as argument to that script. My trouble is that I can't find a way to make that script ...
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Problems mounting an encrypted volume on a different computer

I have a set of external hard drives that I use for backups of my photos and images. They were formatted as EXT4 and setup with encryption from a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 - and I've had no problems ...
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A way for an Upstart event to be sent whenever ecryptfs homedir mounted/unmounted?

I have an encrypted homedir (ecryptfs) and I'm wanting to run a private mysql daemon with the database files in my homedir. The daemon should be started whenever the homedir is mounted, and stopped ...
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Mount encrypted volumes from command line?

If I have an encrypted external disk (or an internal disk that is not in fstab), I see an entry for it in Nautilus -- with an entry like "X GB Encrypted Volume". I can click on this volume, and am ...
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Switch from encrypted partition to unencrypted (Error: cryptsetup: evms_activate is not available)

I initially installed Ubuntu 11.04 with an encrypted file system (from the alternate install CD: Guided Partitioning, LVM encrypted). Now I wanted to change this setup to have my root file system on ...
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Errors when performing fsck on encrypted partition in recovery mode

I'm booting in recovery mode Unmount crypto partition. umount /dev/mapper/sda6_crypt and i make fsck -c /dev/mapper/sda6_crypt fsck output: fsck.LVM"_member: not found fsck: Error 2 while ...