Fresh install of 11.10 - forgot my home directory is encrypted...

[RussellEngland]

I originally upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 but it all went a bit wrong.

I've got 3 partitions

ubuntu root /dev/sda6
swap /dev/sda7
data /dev/sda5 - which I had mounted as home (not sure how though)


So I copied /etc /var /usr/local to the data partition. Then deleted the ubuntu and swap partitions. Recreated them and made a fresh install.

All went well until I tried to access the data partition. Then realised it was encrypted...

If I browse to
/media/e0eb9b14-c2f3-48f3-95a3-554d44f70e1e/russ

The contents are
Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop
README.txt

I'm still a linux amateur. At the very least it would be great to get access to the data. :)

Any ideas?

Thanks, Russ

[RussellEngland]

Yey!! Got access by running


sudo ecryptfs-recover-private

[Megaptera]

Thanks for sharing the answer & glad you got it sorted.

[unclejac]

Thanks Russ, your thread helped me retrieve my data after HDD decided to go.

time for a new old hdd and a fresh install

unclejac