I changed it using root account, since like you correctly told init=/bin/bash dropped me directly to root account.
2012/9/2 John Moser <john.r.mo...@gmail.com>: > did you change your password from your account or using the root account? > > It looks like pam actually stores encryption keys in /var/lib/ somewhere and > can re-cypher them. That only works if you enter the previous password when > changing passwords, though (which I hadn't considered, since normally when > you init=/bin/bash you drop straight to root...) > > > On 09/02/2012 09:37 AM, Damian Ivanov wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> >> I appreciate your fast answer! >> So what can I do to prevent this default behaviour? e.g if password >> gets changed data is unreadable unless to have the secret key? >> Wouldn't this be a more reasonable default? >> >> Best regards, >> Damian >> >> 2012/9/2 John Moser <john.r.mo...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Yes that would indicate that there's a key stored somewhere that doesn't >>> need a known secret, unless pam is storing a key and re-crypting it when >>> you >>> change passwords (unlikely). >>> >>> >>> On 09/02/2012 09:16 AM, Damian Ivanov wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> I just did an ubuntu 12.04 fresh install and I wanted to test >>>> something in ecryptfs. So basically I selected during install to >>>> require password to login and to encrypt home folder. I logged in and >>>> created secret.txt on my desktop and shut down. I booted up again but >>>> in bootloader I appended init=/bin/bash booted into the root shell, >>>> did a >>>> mount -o remount,rw / and passwd $my_user set a new password and >>>> rebooted. After reboot I logged into $my_user account with the new >>>> password. secret.txt is readable and all other files too. Is this the >>>> expected behaviour?! If yes isn't it better to change the behaviour to >>>> something more secure... >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Damian >>>> > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
