[ale] ecryptfs problems switching OSes

[David Lemcoe]

Hello,

I recently switched from Ubuntu to Debian, and previously had my /home/david
encrypted using ecryptfs that I configured at the time of install. Now, I
have installed Debian, and I cannot successfully mount the old ~/.Private
directory. I am using the following command:

mount -t ecryptfs /media/disk-4/home/david/.Private/ /media/Private

(/media/disk-4/ is the root of my old install)

When I do this, it asks for a password, encryption method, and byte size. I
do all this, and at the end it says "Mounted eCryptfs". Now when I go to the
new mount point (/media/Private), it has the following files:

ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0djk9ZF4Eth2rerv0r9zSk--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0MsQIMa42iCFwbzIUKMRmk--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0RtRndGswxn52zE-q24bEE--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y0.tlv2flBPlovUNhgpoXSU--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1BOhNByIpqgq0zBWb5G1Q---
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1DeEIj1NHrj1ZkOTU6kuLU--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1fd-dFJXN0Qd7cBB2EXaIk--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y1HzTxBRLW7zLIJTnv2sCYU--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y2o3i5yJ6-7XrVjHAL5dGmk--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y4smc7MqH-qytpbU0XDSV8k--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y5D46sn-eQQbhvNostL7MSE--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y5XSmUTdyrqAA831CTSqM4U--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y6YwIQ1ymXF8LA5d1W6mJxE--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y7OlI7HnS1lcBp.CknZTWf---
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y7TPFVCQnRQFZC8CWhrbPhE--
ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FWbrVieCe.NexER.VostXtx6phkZgbFMM9-y.8G2vhJKqlj1rH7sY0bs0U--
......

and many more....

What am I doing wrong? I really need my old files.

Thank you in advance,

David
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