Pieter, the private key is never made available in any form to the sshd server. The server only has access to the public portion of the key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. You would probably not want a file on the filesystem to serve as the secret key for your encrypted directory, as that defeats the point of encrypting the directory in the first place.
Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362427 Title: Public key ssh auth doesn't work with my Encrypted Home Directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/362427/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
