[Kernel-packages] [Bug 344878] Re: file name too long when creating new file (ecryptfs_lookup: lookup_one_len() returned [-36] on lower_dentry)

2017-08-24 Thread mhalcrow
If you want to use ext4 encryption with a subdirectory of your home directory and don't mind using the e4crypt or fscrypt tools to set it up, you shouldn't run into any real problems. If you want feature parity with how eCryptfs works in Ubuntu (i.e., automatically unlocking your home directory whe

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 344878] Re: file name too long when creating new file (ecryptfs_lookup: lookup_one_len() returned [-36] on lower_dentry)

2017-08-23 Thread mhalcrow
Hi, original designer/author of eCryptfs chiming in. Sorry for the mess with file name lengths, but because of technical constraints in the kernel file system stack and security concerns, I went with the design I did. Good news is, I fixed this issue for file-based encryption by designing it (sort