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physkets

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From: India

Registered: 2016-08-22

Posts: 52

Change eCryptfs directory

I want to change the default encrypted directory, but am unable to do so.

According to the wiki article, I had to move the directory and change the path in a configuration file, "right after the setup command has finished running".

But I hadn't read that part, and I logged out and logged back in. Now, when I attempt to move, it says:

$ mv ~/Private /path/to/new/private/directory
mv: cannot move '/home/user/Private' to '/path/to/new/private/directory': Permission denied

Can I still do something, or do I have to live with this? (of course, short of doing

$ ecryptfs-setup-private --undo

or is that the simplest way?)

Last edited by physkets (2017-01-02 17:03:59)