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1. What will happen when upgrading Ubuntu 17.10 with encrypted /home to Ubuntu 18.04?
Bionic Beaver Release Notes
Other base system changes since 16.04 LTS:
The installer no longer offers the encrypted home option using ecryptfs-utils. It is recommended to use full-disk encryption instead for this release.
Launchpad Bug #1756840
2. Will 18.04 be able to use encrypted (ecryptfs) /home ?
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1. What will happen when upgrading Ubuntu 17.10 with encrypted /home to Ubuntu 18.04?
Bionic Beaver Release Notes
Other base system changes since 16.04 LTS:
The installer no longer offers the encrypted home option using ecryptfs-utils. It is recommended to use full-disk encryption instead for this release.
Launchpad Bug #1756840
2. Will 18.04 be able to use encrypted (ecryptfs) /home ?
edit: 3 is now a standalone Question
upgrade encryption 18.04
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By fscrypt do you mean ecryptfs? Upgrading to 18.04 shouldn't disable/remove encrypted home.
– dobey
Apr 13 at 17:59
Backup at least all data, that you cannot afford to lose, before you start upgrading to a new version.
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:31
On questions 1 and 2: I have upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 with ecryptfs home dirs and there was no problem. On question 3: fscrypt is in the repository, but I have no experience with this.
– Martin W
Apr 13 at 18:33
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See also this answer.
– Redsandro
May 3 at 11:20
You might want to read my response at: askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/…
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May 9 at 2:38
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1. What will happen when upgrading Ubuntu 17.10 with encrypted /home to Ubuntu 18.04?
Bionic Beaver Release Notes
Other base system changes since 16.04 LTS:
The installer no longer offers the encrypted home option using ecryptfs-utils. It is recommended to use full-disk encryption instead for this release.
Launchpad Bug #1756840
2. Will 18.04 be able to use encrypted (ecryptfs) /home ?
edit: 3 is now a standalone Question
upgrade encryption 18.04
asked Apr 13 at 17:55
user58634
5381615
1. What will happen when upgrading Ubuntu 17.10 with encrypted /home to Ubuntu 18.04?
Bionic Beaver Release Notes
Other base system changes since 16.04 LTS:
The installer no longer offers the encrypted home option using ecryptfs-utils. It is recommended to use full-disk encryption instead for this release.
Launchpad Bug #1756840
2. Will 18.04 be able to use encrypted (ecryptfs) /home ?
edit: 3 is now a standalone Question
upgrade encryption 18.04
upgrade encryption 18.04
asked Apr 13 at 17:55
user58634
5381615
asked Apr 13 at 17:55
user58634
5381615
edited Apr 14 at 7:22
asked Apr 13 at 17:55
user58634
5381615
asked Apr 13 at 17:55
user58634
5381615
asked Apr 13 at 17:55
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5381615
5381615
By fscrypt do you mean ecryptfs? Upgrading to 18.04 shouldn't disable/remove encrypted home.
– dobey
Apr 13 at 17:59
Backup at least all data, that you cannot afford to lose, before you start upgrading to a new version.
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:31
On questions 1 and 2: I have upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 with ecryptfs home dirs and there was no problem. On question 3: fscrypt is in the repository, but I have no experience with this.
– Martin W
Apr 13 at 18:33
1
See also this answer.
– Redsandro
May 3 at 11:20
You might want to read my response at: askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/…
– Mr. Cypherpunk
May 9 at 2:38
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By fscrypt do you mean ecryptfs? Upgrading to 18.04 shouldn't disable/remove encrypted home.
– dobey
Apr 13 at 17:59
Backup at least all data, that you cannot afford to lose, before you start upgrading to a new version.
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:31
On questions 1 and 2: I have upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 with ecryptfs home dirs and there was no problem. On question 3: fscrypt is in the repository, but I have no experience with this.
– Martin W
Apr 13 at 18:33
1
See also this answer.
– Redsandro
May 3 at 11:20
You might want to read my response at: askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/…
– Mr. Cypherpunk
May 9 at 2:38
By fscrypt do you mean ecryptfs? Upgrading to 18.04 shouldn't disable/remove encrypted home.
– dobey
Apr 13 at 17:59
By fscrypt do you mean ecryptfs? Upgrading to 18.04 shouldn't disable/remove encrypted home.
– dobey
Apr 13 at 17:59
Backup at least all data, that you cannot afford to lose, before you start upgrading to a new version.
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:31
Backup at least all data, that you cannot afford to lose, before you start upgrading to a new version.
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:31
On questions 1 and 2: I have upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 with ecryptfs home dirs and there was no problem. On question 3: fscrypt is in the repository, but I have no experience with this.
– Martin W
Apr 13 at 18:33
On questions 1 and 2: I have upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 with ecryptfs home dirs and there was no problem. On question 3: fscrypt is in the repository, but I have no experience with this.
– Martin W
Apr 13 at 18:33
1
1
See also this answer.
– Redsandro
May 3 at 11:20
See also this answer.
– Redsandro
May 3 at 11:20
You might want to read my response at: askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/…
– Mr. Cypherpunk
May 9 at 2:38
You might want to read my response at: askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/…
– Mr. Cypherpunk
May 9 at 2:38
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I did a trial install of 18.04 Beta Lubuntu on a system with an encrypted home. This system has separate / and /home partitions, so I was doing a "Something Else" install, formatting and installing to /, and not touching /home.
Every other time I've done this (with older versions of the installer) on the screen where you put in your username, at the bottom 3 options appeared, one of which was "encrypt your home directory" or words to that effect. This option was always ticked and grayed out (because the installer knew that the home directory was encrypted). This didn't happen this install - the option was not offered at all- and when the install was complete, I couldn't log in.
To fix this, I had to reboot, switch to a terminal login (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and install ecryptfs-utils. Another reboot and I could log in.
There was another user on the same PC with a different encrypted home. I could never manage to log in that account. I finally deleted the user, re-added them with encrypted home, and reloaded their home directory from backup.
This was all quite a hassle and I probably won't be encrypting home directories any more.
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
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answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
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up vote
1
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It is not offered as a default option. It is still supported, and ecryptfs is available. You can't set it up during normal install.
It will be possible to use old /home folders encrypted with ecryptfs, and you can manually create new.
As always, a good backup is recommended, especially when upgrading a system..
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
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up vote
9
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I did a trial install of 18.04 Beta Lubuntu on a system with an encrypted home. This system has separate / and /home partitions, so I was doing a "Something Else" install, formatting and installing to /, and not touching /home.
Every other time I've done this (with older versions of the installer) on the screen where you put in your username, at the bottom 3 options appeared, one of which was "encrypt your home directory" or words to that effect. This option was always ticked and grayed out (because the installer knew that the home directory was encrypted). This didn't happen this install - the option was not offered at all- and when the install was complete, I couldn't log in.
To fix this, I had to reboot, switch to a terminal login (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and install ecryptfs-utils. Another reboot and I could log in.
There was another user on the same PC with a different encrypted home. I could never manage to log in that account. I finally deleted the user, re-added them with encrypted home, and reloaded their home directory from backup.
This was all quite a hassle and I probably won't be encrypting home directories any more.
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
9
down vote
I did a trial install of 18.04 Beta Lubuntu on a system with an encrypted home. This system has separate / and /home partitions, so I was doing a "Something Else" install, formatting and installing to /, and not touching /home.
Every other time I've done this (with older versions of the installer) on the screen where you put in your username, at the bottom 3 options appeared, one of which was "encrypt your home directory" or words to that effect. This option was always ticked and grayed out (because the installer knew that the home directory was encrypted). This didn't happen this install - the option was not offered at all- and when the install was complete, I couldn't log in.
To fix this, I had to reboot, switch to a terminal login (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and install ecryptfs-utils. Another reboot and I could log in.
There was another user on the same PC with a different encrypted home. I could never manage to log in that account. I finally deleted the user, re-added them with encrypted home, and reloaded their home directory from backup.
This was all quite a hassle and I probably won't be encrypting home directories any more.
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
9
down vote
up vote
9
down vote
I did a trial install of 18.04 Beta Lubuntu on a system with an encrypted home. This system has separate / and /home partitions, so I was doing a "Something Else" install, formatting and installing to /, and not touching /home.
Every other time I've done this (with older versions of the installer) on the screen where you put in your username, at the bottom 3 options appeared, one of which was "encrypt your home directory" or words to that effect. This option was always ticked and grayed out (because the installer knew that the home directory was encrypted). This didn't happen this install - the option was not offered at all- and when the install was complete, I couldn't log in.
To fix this, I had to reboot, switch to a terminal login (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and install ecryptfs-utils. Another reboot and I could log in.
There was another user on the same PC with a different encrypted home. I could never manage to log in that account. I finally deleted the user, re-added them with encrypted home, and reloaded their home directory from backup.
This was all quite a hassle and I probably won't be encrypting home directories any more.
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
I did a trial install of 18.04 Beta Lubuntu on a system with an encrypted home. This system has separate / and /home partitions, so I was doing a "Something Else" install, formatting and installing to /, and not touching /home.
Every other time I've done this (with older versions of the installer) on the screen where you put in your username, at the bottom 3 options appeared, one of which was "encrypt your home directory" or words to that effect. This option was always ticked and grayed out (because the installer knew that the home directory was encrypted). This didn't happen this install - the option was not offered at all- and when the install was complete, I couldn't log in.
To fix this, I had to reboot, switch to a terminal login (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and install ecryptfs-utils. Another reboot and I could log in.
There was another user on the same PC with a different encrypted home. I could never manage to log in that account. I finally deleted the user, re-added them with encrypted home, and reloaded their home directory from backup.
This was all quite a hassle and I probably won't be encrypting home directories any more.
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
edited 17 hours ago
abu_bua
2,16031021
2,16031021
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
answered Apr 13 at 18:44
Organic Marble
9,90063154
9,90063154
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
add a comment |Â
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
+1. Thanks for this detailed description :-)
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:46
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Retried it, and it worked. Many thanks
– MaxB
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
Great news, glad to hear it.
– Organic Marble
23 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
It is not offered as a default option. It is still supported, and ecryptfs is available. You can't set it up during normal install.
It will be possible to use old /home folders encrypted with ecryptfs, and you can manually create new.
As always, a good backup is recommended, especially when upgrading a system..
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
It is not offered as a default option. It is still supported, and ecryptfs is available. You can't set it up during normal install.
It will be possible to use old /home folders encrypted with ecryptfs, and you can manually create new.
As always, a good backup is recommended, especially when upgrading a system..
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
It is not offered as a default option. It is still supported, and ecryptfs is available. You can't set it up during normal install.
It will be possible to use old /home folders encrypted with ecryptfs, and you can manually create new.
As always, a good backup is recommended, especially when upgrading a system..
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
It is not offered as a default option. It is still supported, and ecryptfs is available. You can't set it up during normal install.
It will be possible to use old /home folders encrypted with ecryptfs, and you can manually create new.
As always, a good backup is recommended, especially when upgrading a system..
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
answered Apr 13 at 18:32
vidarlo
7,14342140
7,14342140
add a comment |Â
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By fscrypt do you mean ecryptfs? Upgrading to 18.04 shouldn't disable/remove encrypted home.
– dobey
Apr 13 at 17:59
Backup at least all data, that you cannot afford to lose, before you start upgrading to a new version.
– sudodus
Apr 13 at 18:31
On questions 1 and 2: I have upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 with ecryptfs home dirs and there was no problem. On question 3: fscrypt is in the repository, but I have no experience with this.
– Martin W
Apr 13 at 18:33
1
See also this answer.
– Redsandro
May 3 at 11:20
You might want to read my response at: askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/…
– Mr. Cypherpunk
May 9 at 2:38