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I cannot create a user with an encrypted homedir in ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric)

Asked by Theodotos Andreou

Hi to all,

In previous versions of Ubuntu you could create users with encrypted partition from the "User Accounts" GUI utility. Now this option is absent from Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric). How can you create a user with encrypted homedir in 11.10. Command line instructions acceptable! :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo adduser --encrypt-home name

It's in the man page for adduser.......

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Theodotos Andreou (theodotos) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip. I should have read the man page.

It is still strange though why did they remove this function from the GUI!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

No idea, I don't use GUI much.