This is still the state of affairs as of Yakkety (ubiquity 16.10.4);
also confirmed for Xenial (ubiquity 2.21.63.2) and Trusty (ubiquity
2.18.8.13)
IMHO Fabrizio makes a convincing case of why this is useful functionality in
some cases.
I agree with both ejik and Fabrizio that the way the
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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They are actually different things: LUKS is unlocked at boot, while eCryptFS is
unlocked at login. In this way, the encrypted home folder is not accessible
even from root account if the user isn't logged in.
But I agree, it may be confusing.
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** Also affects: elementaryos
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Ubiquity installer allows encrypting home folder even if /home
