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31 questions linked to/from How to stop using built-in home directory encryption?
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Help restore Nautilus
When I installed Ubuntu 11.04, I checked the box to encrypt my home folder. Today, I set my account to log in without a password to allow my friend to borrow it. However once you click to log in. It ...
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encrypted 13.10 will not reliably boot
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SOLVED! see https://askubuntu.com/a/403876/212688
i re-installed ubuntu 13.10 x64 on my vaio pro, in legacy, bios mode. the installation is lvm/luks encrypted and thus asks me for the ...
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How do i stop Ubuntu from asking for a password to decrypt my drive on start up?
Ubuntu keeps asking for me to decrypt my drive on start up. This is expected, because I had set up full-disk encryption.
How do I stop this now?
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Do we really need to delete the home directory when we give up with encryption?
There are several threads concerning deactivating encryption by ecryptfs on a home directory. A selection is listed below. All (seem to) suggest that the current home directory will be wiped out by ...
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How to remove an encrypted home directory
Recently, I had to do an OS reinstall. I keep my home folder encrypted in the event that my laptop were to be stolen, people wouldn't have access to my files.
Using ecryptfs-recover-private, I was ...
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ecryptfs _readpage?
I was taking a look at the logs, for safety, and I have found those logs below:
nori-hidamari kernel: [ 1829.683564] ecryptfs_decrypt_page: Error
attempting to read lower page; rc = [-4]
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Cannot change login background / Also not auto changing
I have two machines running Ubuntu 13.10. One of the machines is changing the login wallpaper while choosing an account.
I would like to have this on the other machine as well. But nothing changes ...
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How do I DISABLE home directory encryption during Ubuntu 12.04 installation?
When attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 from a CD, there is an option displayed for "Encrypt my home folder". The option is checked (enabled) by default, but it is grayed out, so it is impossible to ...
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What Packages Does KDE Vaults Need to Operate?
I'm planning on un-encrypting my home directory for easily moving it to an SSD (by following this tutorial: https://askubuntu.com/a/4960/645874), but I'm not sure if this will affect KDE Vaults.
Does ...
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Xubuntu Boot Slow on Startup. Applications Slow on Initial Opening
I wanted to learn more about using linux systems and set up my laptop to dual-boot Xubuntu after having tried some linux virtual machines for a while.
I assumed Xubuntu would run much faster than ...
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How to get rid of home data encryption? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable the Home encryption offered during install?
I have installed Ubuntu as a virtual machine on my Windows machine. During installation I selected to use home ...
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Dropbox has just force-halted syncing, probably because I am using standard 16.04 drive encryption. How might I address this? [duplicate]
The Dropbox client 2.10.0 (https://linux.dropbox.com/packages/ubuntu/dropbox_2.10.0_amd64.deb) has just presented me with the following message:
(The "See requirements" button links here which is of ...
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Will Dropbox no longer work under Ubuntu 16.04?
I use currently Ubuntu 16.04. When Dropbox loads, I get a message saying that it will stop synchronizing in November.
However, in this page
https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux
it is stated that ...
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Ubuntu Server - Synchronize Dropbox with no logged user
Intalled dropbox from https://www.dropbox.com/en/install-linux and downloaded the Python script.
Then configured my account and it works ok.
My goal is to have dropbox uploading new files created on ...
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Create new location for Dropbox [duplicate]
Running Ubuntu on a Dell XPS, dual-booting with Windows that I hardly use. I encrypted my home folder when installing 16.04, and now Dropbox won't sync anymore as they no longer support .ecryptfs.
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