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lisapisa2
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Cannot encrypt home directory

Post by lisapisa2 »

I login as user with admin rights and try the following command
sudo ecryptfs-migrate-home -u user

where user is of course the home directory I want to encrypt, I get the following errors

INFO: Checking disk space, this may take a few moments. Please be patient.
INFO: Checking for open files in /mnt/userdata/XXXX
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1002/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1003/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
INFO: The following files are in use:

lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1002/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1003/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
gvfsd-mtp 22984 XXXX mem REG 8,17 600 11273550 /mnt/userdata/XXXX/.local/share/mime/mime.cache

ERROR: Cannot proceed.
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Mute Ant

Re: Cannot encrypt home directory

Post by Mute Ant »

From the complaints I suspect the user you are trying to migrate is logged in...
  • INFO: The following files are in use:
    gvfsd-mtp 22984 XXXX mem REG 8,17 600 11273550 /mnt/userdata/XXXX/.local/share/mime/mime.cache
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