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I double checked

It seems to exist, and when copying the path it also seems to match the one used in the command.

I know, I created the folder "oldhome-mountpoint" in "/home/newuser/oldhome-backup", then copied the path to that and used it as the specified mount point in the command, or at least I thought I did. I'll double check it again

I ran the command again, this time specifying an empty directory to mount to, but what do I do here?

I'd assume to select option 1, but this dialogue doesn't seem to appear in the "HOWTO: Recover files from encrypted ecryptfs home directory" guide, so I just wanted to check.

Yeah, I see the "/media/" bit on the end now - idk why I didn't clock that as something significant, I'll try again with a specified mount point. Thanks for clarifying! (and also thanks @Wolf_Munroe for pointing it out earlier)

I'm kinda just running through @just_another_person's suggestion ([see:thread:https://lemmy.world/post/34365607/18768234]) and if that doesn't work I'll probably see if I can do anything with the ecryptfs-recover-private commands. ([see:thread:https://lemmy.world/post/34365607/18770862])

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.

I tried to run through step #4, but...

"- You need to locate the directory of the .Private file using a file browser."

With the information available, (and after enabling show hidden files,) I could only assume that I should use

/home/.ecryptfs/[olduser's_originalusername]/.Private

Which is the directory the .Private "Link to Folder" file in /home/[newuser]/oldhome-backup/[olduser's_newusername] ("/home/newuser/oldhome-backup/olduser" above) links to. Thus my command would be:

sudo mount -t ecryptfs /home/.ecryptfs/[olduser's_originalusername]/.Private

Running said command however only results in the console returning

mount: /home/.ecryptfs/[olduser's_originalusername]/.Private: can't find in /etc/fstab.

[key]: (blue: old user's original username. red: old user's new username. magenta: new user's username.)

Sorry, I’m not sure I understand

Step #4 of the the guide directs me to "Enter your Mount Passphrase when prompted (as in Step 1)" but step 1 only references logging onto the pc (as such would be to do with the login passphrase if any) rather than the mount passphrase which is instead mentioned in step 2. Does this mean I only need to know the login passphrase or do I have to go through the other steps in order to complete step #4? In which case it doesn't look like I CAN only do step #4

Also, the post by rene (rene » Sun May 31, 2020 7:38 am) seems to suggest that the file to be located at the start of step #4 would be in /home/newuser/oldhome-backup/olduser for me, and since it hasn't seemed to be there I assume it must be hidden by default, which would mean I would have to enable show hidden as described in step #2.3

So I gather I should enable show hidden, then locate the .Private file in /home/newuser/oldhome-backup/olduser?

But then what about the "Enter your Mount Passphrase when prompted (as in Step 1)" part of step #4?

I ran both commands, then checked the owner was the new user and it is. What next?

I uh... I kind of would have assumed that this was what it'd do, but

Yeah its just moved it all as it was to the new directory.

What do I do now?

(the magenta blocks represent the new username btw)

(while logged in to tempuser) I created a new user, and ran the command. Then I logged out of tempuser and into the new user, and checked the home folder to see if i could access anything. Only the following seems to have changed in reaction to the command; while logged in to the new user, the folder for the old user's /home doesn't have a grey square icon with a white "X" anymore, and I can access said folder without inputting a password. The stuff inside the folder remains the same, except now when I try to open the "Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop" file, nothing at all happens, whereas before it would return an access-denied-type error message.

I think I remembered putting in a password to get said error message before, so I added a password to the new user just in case that helped, then tried opening the file again, but it didn't change anything.

(Also, weirdly the password for this new user was required to be a minimum of 8 characters long, whereas the old user's password was required to be six, and the one for tempuser is only four characters. Which is an odd inconsistency)

I also tried accessing tempuser's /home, and that worked, letting me access it via password. I was able to access all of tempuser's files, instead of there just being "Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop" and "README.text". I assume this means that only the original user's home folder is encrypted.

Ok, will do. Thanks!

I tried logging in with tempuser and remembered that I have no idea how to access the files on my main user. In the file manager the home folder for said user isn’t accessible, and I assume that’s because I set it to be encrypted when setting it up. Thus I can’t access the files to copy them over to a new user or anything. Also, I assume I wouldn’t be able to rename the homedir as such, and don’t know where to start checking or changing user settings and permissions and such.

I tried logging in with tempuser and remembered that I have no idea how to access the files on my main user. In the file manager the home folder for said user isn’t accessible, and I assume that’s because I set it to be encrypted when setting it up. Thus I can’t access the files to copy them over to a new user or anything. Also, I assume I wouldn’t be able to rename the homedir as such, and don’t know where to start checking or changing user settings and permissions and such.

I tried logging in with tempuser and remembered that I have no idea how to access the files on my main user. In the file manager the home folder for said user isn't accessible, and I assume that's because I set it to be encrypted when setting it up. Thus I can't access the files to copy them over to a new user or anything. Also, I assume I wouldn't be able to rename the homedir as such, and don't know where to start checking or changing user settings and permissions and such.

The option to create an entirely new user seems more straightforward and less easy to mess up, no?

I thought I did use the crosspost feature. Crossposting is the two overlapping squares right?

Thanks for responding! I was still able to login as tempuser last time i checked, so I assume I still can. I'll see if this works, this seems like a really straightforward fix