I think it would need to encrypt the home directory at the same time it creates it. I guess this is what the system adduser script does with its --encrypted-home option.
I'm not sure the details of what adduser does, but I think it may just do 'ecryptfs-migrate-home' after it makes the dir. The following links are relevant: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/02/long-overdue-introduction- ecryptfs.html https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedHome#Encrypted_Home -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831604 Title: likewise-open users don’t get ecryptfs home directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/831604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs