http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045886 http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045886#c1 --- Comment #1 from Roger Whittaker <roger.whittaker@suse.com> --- I believe the problem here is related to systemd. Previously I found that simply downgrading the kernel had no effect on this problem. And there had been no change in the version of ecryptfs-utils. But after forcing a downgrade to systemd-232-10.2, now I see success: $ ecryptfs-setup-private Enter your login passphrase [roger]: Enter your mount passphrase [leave blank to generate one]: ************************************************************************ YOU SHOULD RECORD YOUR MOUNT PASSPHRASE AND STORE IT IN A SAFE LOCATION. ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase ~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase THIS WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU NEED TO RECOVER YOUR DATA AT A LATER TIME. ************************************************************************ Done configuring. Testing mount/write/umount/read... Inserted auth tok with sig [38016f72d097f6f6] into the user session keyring Inserted auth tok with sig [a6db1a352f8f2d14] into the user session keyring Inserted auth tok with sig [38016f72d097f6f6] into the user session keyring Inserted auth tok with sig [a6db1a352f8f2d14] into the user session keyring Testing succeeded. Logout, and log back in to begin using your encrypted directory. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.