[Bug 879129] [NEW] Ubiquity forces ecryptfs-encryption by default

[mniess]

Public bug reported:

Under certain conditions ubiquity forces the user to encrypt his home.
The option is selected by default and greyed out, so that it cannot be
changed.

This can be reproduced by having a manually partitioned system (with
seperate partitions for /boot, /, /home and swap). At the point of the
installationprocess, where you select the type of installation choose
"Something else" (i.e. manual), pick the partitions you want to use and
set all of them to be formatted except /home.

If there are any pre-existing user dirs and ANY of them contains a
.Private (or .ecryptfs), ubiquity will force encryption on the new main-
user for the new installation. I'm not sure if this is desired.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: installer ubiquity

** Summary changed:

- Installer forces me to encrypt my $USER home dir
+ Ubiquity forces ecryptfs-encryption by default

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Title:
  Ubiquity forces ecryptfs-encryption by default

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Under certain conditions ubiquity forces the user to encrypt his home.
  The option is selected by default and greyed out, so that it cannot be
  changed.

  This can be reproduced by having a manually partitioned system (with
  seperate partitions for /boot, /, /home and swap). At the point of the
  installationprocess, where you select the type of installation choose
  "Something else" (i.e. manual), pick the partitions you want to use
  and set all of them to be formatted except /home.

  If there are any pre-existing user dirs and ANY of them contains a
  .Private (or .ecryptfs), ubiquity will force encryption on the new
  main-user for the new installation. I'm not sure if this is desired.

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