Re: Bug#928956: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster
Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster.
>> The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is still built but depending on the upgrade
>> path users will be unable to mount their encrypted home directories (pam
>> module, ecryptfs-mount-private missing).
>> So they should probably be strongly advised to not upgrade.
>
> Just to be clear. Does this relate to the package encfs? It's
> (also?) an encrypted file system. Do I need to be worried as an encfs
> user?
eCryptfs and EncFS are two unconnected implementations of similar
ideas, which I was hoping might mean that users could be advised to
switch to the one that's still available, but nobody seems to be
willing to confirm or deny that possibility.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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