after changing the login password to the old one, the home folder is decrypting automatically....... So how could i change the password for the user? Junise Safvan mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.gnuise.co.cc www.fsugcalicut.org On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:33 PM, stranger in black..... <gnuise@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I installed ubuntu server 9.04 in a system with encrypted home > directory.... The pass-phrase and login password were same. But after > completing the installation, the client asked me to change the login > password. But after that, when ever the system is restarted, the > /home/username/ folder is encrypted. So cant login via gdm. The thing I done > for the decrypting the home is by going to the text mode by ctrl+alt+F1 and > login. When tried to list the file and folders in the folder using *ls*, I > got only two files, *README.txt and "Access Your Private Data"*. I > decrypted the home folder using a command given inside the *README.txt *(I > dont remember the command now) with the help of the pass-phrase which is the > old login password and restarting the gdm. But the action is temporary. When > ever the system is restarted, again the home folder is encrypted. How to > make it *permenent*? > > > > > Junise Safvan > mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx > www.gnuise.co.cc > www.fsugcalicut.org >