Bug 4171 - ecryptfs-utils-100, The eCryptfs (present in kernel) mount helper and support libraries
Summary: ecryptfs-utils-100, The eCryptfs (present in kernel) mount helper and support...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New RPM package request (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
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Whiteboard: Mdv
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Reported: 2012-01-17 17:49 CET by Frank Griffin
Modified: 2023-09-09 12:01 CEST (History)
3 users (show)

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Source RPM: ecryptfs-utils
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Description Frank Griffin 2012-01-17 17:49:39 CET
Please port the MDV package ecryptfs-utils-95-1-mdv2012.0.x86_64.rpm to Mageia.  Our kernels already contain the ecryptfs module, but it's useless without mount.ecryptfs, etc.
Marja Van Waes 2012-02-12 20:07:13 CET

Source RPM: (none) => ecryptfs-utils
CC: (none) => marja11
Whiteboard: (none) => Mdv
Severity: normal => enhancement

Comment 1 Frank Griffin 2012-04-15 19:39:19 CEST
Any hope of this after MGA2 ?
Comment 2 Frank Griffin 2012-09-25 23:21:20 CEST
Ping ?
Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-25 23:28:56 CEST
well some packager read the bugs ml, but the most of the time it's useless to ping new package request unfortunately.
Comment 4 Frank Griffin 2012-09-26 14:17:29 CEST
Is there a better way ?

Actually, I was also looking for possible feedback that the package wasn't ported because we've determined that there is a better path for encryption.  I originally picked ecryptfs because you could encrypt at the directory level, but if the inactivity here is because no one else find this useful, I'll either install it standalone, try to package it myself, or investigate suggested alternatives.
Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2012-09-30 12:32:04 CEST
(In reply to comment #4)
> Is there a better way ?
> 
> Actually, I was also looking for possible feedback that the package wasn't
> ported because we've determined that there is a better path for encryption.  I
> originally picked ecryptfs because you could encrypt at the directory level,
> but if the inactivity here is because no one else find this useful, I'll either
> install it standalone, try to package it myself, or investigate suggested
> alternatives.

I'm interested in a tool to encrypt at directory or file level, too.

Fedora has 
ccrypt (Secure encryption and decryption of files and streams) and 
fuse-encfs (Encrypted pass-thru filesystem in userspace), 
it also has ecrypt-fsutils-100 in Fc 16 and 17, so latest version

Maybe we should file package requests for those other 2 tools, too, to triple the chances :-D

But talking about packaging, did circumstances change and would you want, and have time, to become a Mageia packager? You already contributed a lot, by giving an impressive amount of help with many bugs. It would be great to welcome you in a Mageia team :-D

CC: (none) => shlomif
Summary: ecryptfs-utils-95 - ecryptfs userspace utilities => ecryptfs-utils-100, The eCryptfs (present in kernel) mount helper and support libraries

Comment 6 Frank Griffin 2012-10-01 15:27:10 CEST
I'd love to contribute to packaging, QA, and development, but I'm less that a year into a new job, and time just doesn't allow for it right now.  I'll look forward to the future, though.
Comment 7 Frank Griffin 2012-10-01 15:30:42 CEST
The tool of choice in MGA seems to be LUKS/dm-crypt.  I have found stuff on the net which claims that dm_crypt supports encoding by directory, but every HOWTO article I can find so far deals only with disks or partitions.  I'll keep looking.
Comment 8 Marja Van Waes 2012-10-02 17:38:32 CEST
Thanks, Frank :)

And looking forward to the time you can join one or more teams ;)
Mikko Kuivaniemi 2013-11-19 16:02:40 CET

CC: (none) => plafe

Comment 9 Samuel Verschelde 2016-10-11 20:53:22 CEST
Assigning this package request to all packagers collectively. On a voluntary basis, one of them might want to integrate it to the distribution and maintain it for bug and security fixes.

You might also want to join the packager team to maintain this piece of software: see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 10 sturmvogel 2023-09-09 12:01:14 CEST
eccryptfs-utils is shipped since Mageia 8.

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: NEW => RESOLVED


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