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Hi, Since the last update of gcc, ecryptfs-simple doesn't build anymore : ecryptfs-simple.c:(.text+0x858): undefined reference to `copy_string_n' Removing the inlining of the function seem to fix the error.

@Sandi I am able to create two empty directories, mount one on the other with ecryptfs-simple, create a file in the mounted directory, and inspect and manipulate both (plaintext & encrypted) via standard tools (ls, cat, rm). I suspect that there is something else wrong with your system if the file permissions were changed on the entire partition. Check your system logs (syslog, journalctl, dmesg, etc.) for errors and maybe run a test on the disk with smartctl.

I'm experiencing some weird behavior. I made two directories dir1 and dir2 for testing purposes, with a text file in dir1. Then I ran: $ sudo modprobe ecryptfs $ ecryptfs-simple dir1 dir2 After setting the passphrase and all other required settings, dir2 now contains the same text file, which is visible with ls. But, cat complains about input/output something or other when I try to read it, sublime displays an empty file, rm says the file doesn't exists, and sudo rm won't remove it because it's busy. I ran ps aux | grep ecryptfs to see what's keeping it busy, finding a program called ecryptfs-kthrea (sic). It cannot be killed with -15, -1 or -2, not even by root. Restarting is the only way I've found to get rid of it. Another weird thing is that both dir1 and dir2 are owned by root even though I created them. In fact, all the files on my data partition have ownership root root all of a sudden. I'm not sure if this was the case before, but I have read/write permission for them and I have created them all. I should say I'm on Manjaro (but the package is from AUR installed via yaourt), running KDE.

@mobad Thanks for posting an explanation. Sorry to everyone who was affected by the silent truncation bug.

For the people who are having problems decrypting with the latest version, it's likely due to the older versions of ecryptfs-simple silently truncating your password to 15 characters. I tried everything to get it to mount but the fix in the end was to just use the first 15 characters of my password. I really recommend people that were using ecryptfs-simple to create a new ecryptfs mount and copy everything to it.

It should work again. For anyone curious about the recent activity after years of no updates, it has been prompted by a discussion on the forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1668553#p1668553

Hi. I've got an issue with the version 2016.11.15.1. When entering the passphrase as prompted, the decryption failes. > ecryptfs-simple -o key=passphrase -a <dir1> <dir2> > Mounting <dir1> on <dir2> > Passphrase: error: option prompt failed The downgrade to ecryptfs-simple 2016.11 solved the problem.

Hello, there is a problem with this new update. I cannot decrypt my files. I take back the ecryptfs-simple-2016.11.13.tar.xz and I can read back my files with it.

I have updated the upstream signature.