Hi all, On 01-06-2019 22:06, Paul Gevers wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2019 13:00:52 +0100 Justin B Rye > <justin.byam....@gmail.com> wrote: >> Daniel Lange wrote: >>>> * reason for removal >>>> not essential, but it helps to understand the issue >>> #765854 >>> ecryptfs cannot unmount encrypted home directories due to systemd keeping >>> the pam session active even after logout. >>> Upstream bug https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/8598 >>> A work around (user unit file) has not been implemented and tested. >>> >>>> * what would be the alternative(s) available in buster >>> there is none >> >> Does Debian really not provide any alternative mechanisms for >> filesystem encryption that users could switch over to? A quick "apt >> search" suggests that they could try encfs... >> >>>> * is there a (documented) migration path >>> there is none >> >> Sounds as if someone needs to write one, then. >> >>> People with ecryptfs should not upgrade to Buster or enable and pin sid >>> repositories where ecryptfs-utils, libecryptfs1 and friends are still >>> available and continue to work (including the unmount bug linked above). >> >> Is the problem a result of changes in ecryptfs-utils, PAM, systemd, or >> what? Would upgrading systemd etc to Buster but keeping the Stretch >> version of ecryptfs-utils installed be a better or worse option than >> installing the Sid version? > > In absence of other text, I am about to push the attached text to the > release-notes. I hope this isn't the final text, but at least the draft > document now mentions the problem.
Did anybody learn about (documented) migration paths in the mean time? Paul
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