Please help. Encrypted Directory

[pookito]

I use to have Kubuntu now that I decided to switch to Sabayon 5.0 I can not access my /home directory. luckily, I had my /home in a separate partition. Now that I have sabayon mount the home partition I can not have access to my old directory because it is encrypted. when I go to the folder as root I find Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop and it is not allowing me. Can someone please help me to find out how to unencrypt my home directory? It is /home/pookito.

Please help.

[jankushka]

Re: Please help. Encrypted Directory

i don't know much about this topic, but, in general...

if you want to continue to have your data encrypted, then, under sabayon,
you must have the same support for encryption you had under kubuntu.
that is: the same encryption file system (ecryptfs, or whatever you had under kubuntu).

if you don't want your directory to be encrypted anymore(*), then,
you should:
a) have a minimal kubuntu installation with encryption support
b) mount your encrypted directory
c) copy your encrypted directory to a non encrypted directory
d) move the non encrypted directory over to sabayon

hth

(*) EDIT: ...and sabayon doesn't have the same kind of support for encryption

[wizard10000]

Re: Please help. Encrypted Directory

I know a little about the topic but not much

Encryption requires a key to decrypt and if you don't have that key because you blew away the partition that contained it your chances of recovering the data are pretty slim. This is what protects your data if somebody steals your computer

If you still have Kubuntu installed it might be wise to boot into that installation and decrypt the directory.

Sorry I didn't have better news -