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Bug 1429090

Summary:	ecryptfs-simple does not work without proper root environment (su -l)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Raphael Groner <projects.rg>
Component:	zulucrypt	Assignee:	Raphael Groner <projects.rg>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	rawhide	CC:	projects.rg
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc25 zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc26	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2017-07-31 00:20:41 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	1467892
Bug Blocks:	1428202

Description Raphael Groner 2017-03-04 08:59:15 UTC

Description of problem:
ecryptfs-simple does not seem to work as expected on my system when it does not have suid bit set.
…
ecryptfs uses kernel keyring[2] and why does things work with su - and not with anything else remains a mystery to me and my guess is that the keyring works only with a full logged in user and not with a pretending one as created with su,pkexec or. with sudo.
[1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/keyrings.7.html

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ecryptfs-simple-2016.11.16.1-3.fc25

How reproducible:
maybe

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start sirikali, see bug #1428202
2. try to create an ecryptfs container
3.

Actual results:
mounting of ecryptfs volume fails.

Expected results:
ecryptfs volume created successfully.

Additional info:
Upstream provides a patch
https://github.com/mhogomchungu/ecryptfs-simple/issues/2#issuecomment-283991385

Comment 1 Raphael Groner 2017-06-02 09:43:39 UTC

The mentioned patch needs to get applied in zulucrypt.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-07-20 07:57:36 UTC

zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d0a1c53411

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-07-20 22:51:15 UTC

zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d8527a7809

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-07-21 01:22:48 UTC

zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d0a1c53411

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-07-31 00:20:41 UTC

zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2017-07-31 06:24:04 UTC

zulucrypt-5.2.0-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.