Dropbox Ext4 - ecryptfs
Will Dropbox truly stop working on ecryptfs Nov 2018?? My system is Lubuntu with Home folder secured with ecryptfs. What can be done to ensure Dropbox will still work??
dropbox ecryptfs
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Jim Wilentz
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Will Dropbox truly stop working on ecryptfs Nov 2018?? My system is Lubuntu with Home folder secured with ecryptfs. What can be done to ensure Dropbox will still work??
dropbox ecryptfs
asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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"ecryptfs is not supported, but Dropbox will continue to sync with supported file systems that are encrypted via full disk encryption (e.g. LUKS)" as per this.
– pomsky
Oct 4 at 11:55
Would be great to have a guide to get rid of ecryptfs and switch to LUKS for this purpose
– Jim Wilentz
Oct 5 at 18:29
How were you using ecryptfs with dropbox? Keeping the decrypted files on dropbox? It still supports ext4, why not keep the encrypted ext4 files on dropbox?
– Xen2050
Oct 11 at 21:12
@Xen2050 : If you use your Dropbox to share files with others, having them encrypted in the Dropbox is a bit complicated.
– Frédéric Grosshans
Oct 25 at 13:51
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Will Dropbox truly stop working on ecryptfs Nov 2018?? My system is Lubuntu with Home folder secured with ecryptfs. What can be done to ensure Dropbox will still work??
dropbox ecryptfs
asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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Will Dropbox truly stop working on ecryptfs Nov 2018?? My system is Lubuntu with Home folder secured with ecryptfs. What can be done to ensure Dropbox will still work??
dropbox ecryptfs
dropbox ecryptfs
asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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asked Oct 4 at 1:09
Jim Wilentz
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"ecryptfs is not supported, but Dropbox will continue to sync with supported file systems that are encrypted via full disk encryption (e.g. LUKS)" as per this.
– pomsky
Oct 4 at 11:55
Would be great to have a guide to get rid of ecryptfs and switch to LUKS for this purpose
– Jim Wilentz
Oct 5 at 18:29
How were you using ecryptfs with dropbox? Keeping the decrypted files on dropbox? It still supports ext4, why not keep the encrypted ext4 files on dropbox?
– Xen2050
Oct 11 at 21:12
@Xen2050 : If you use your Dropbox to share files with others, having them encrypted in the Dropbox is a bit complicated.
– Frédéric Grosshans
Oct 25 at 13:51
add a comment |
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"ecryptfs is not supported, but Dropbox will continue to sync with supported file systems that are encrypted via full disk encryption (e.g. LUKS)" as per this.
– pomsky
Oct 4 at 11:55
Would be great to have a guide to get rid of ecryptfs and switch to LUKS for this purpose
– Jim Wilentz
Oct 5 at 18:29
How were you using ecryptfs with dropbox? Keeping the decrypted files on dropbox? It still supports ext4, why not keep the encrypted ext4 files on dropbox?
– Xen2050
Oct 11 at 21:12
@Xen2050 : If you use your Dropbox to share files with others, having them encrypted in the Dropbox is a bit complicated.
– Frédéric Grosshans
Oct 25 at 13:51
1
1
"ecryptfs is not supported, but Dropbox will continue to sync with supported file systems that are encrypted via full disk encryption (e.g. LUKS)" as per this.
– pomsky
Oct 4 at 11:55
"ecryptfs is not supported, but Dropbox will continue to sync with supported file systems that are encrypted via full disk encryption (e.g. LUKS)" as per this.
– pomsky
Oct 4 at 11:55
Would be great to have a guide to get rid of ecryptfs and switch to LUKS for this purpose
– Jim Wilentz
Oct 5 at 18:29
Would be great to have a guide to get rid of ecryptfs and switch to LUKS for this purpose
– Jim Wilentz
Oct 5 at 18:29
How were you using ecryptfs with dropbox? Keeping the decrypted files on dropbox? It still supports ext4, why not keep the encrypted ext4 files on dropbox?
– Xen2050
Oct 11 at 21:12
How were you using ecryptfs with dropbox? Keeping the decrypted files on dropbox? It still supports ext4, why not keep the encrypted ext4 files on dropbox?
– Xen2050
Oct 11 at 21:12
@Xen2050 : If you use your Dropbox to share files with others, having them encrypted in the Dropbox is a bit complicated.
– Frédéric Grosshans
Oct 25 at 13:51
@Xen2050 : If you use your Dropbox to share files with others, having them encrypted in the Dropbox is a bit complicated.
– Frédéric Grosshans
Oct 25 at 13:51
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New versions of Dropbox for Linux released after Nov 2018 only support ext4 with xattr enabled, and do not support ecryptfs (Ubuntu's encrypted home folders).
I expect if you use ecryptfs it will continue to work until you update your Dropbox to a newer version with the changes.
The updated Dropbox will work if you stop using ecryptfs or move your Dropbox folder outside of the encrypted directory, though in either of these cases you will need to migrate the files across to the non-encrypted location.
If you require encryption Dropbox will still work on an ext4 partition on top of a block encrypted device, eg using LUKS.
Note that Dropbox is a third party application not provided by Ubuntu itself.
answered Oct 4 at 1:21
thomasrutter
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I used this as the impetus to set up a Nextcloud server and use that instead of Dropbox. You could also consider SpiderOak, Box etc.
I don't really understand Dropbox's motivation for doing this. They say that they need the file attribute tools available on ext4, but those work fine on encrypted filesystems too. Anyway, time to find something better.
answered Oct 26 at 4:16
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New versions of Dropbox for Linux released after Nov 2018 only support ext4 with xattr enabled, and do not support ecryptfs (Ubuntu's encrypted home folders).
I expect if you use ecryptfs it will continue to work until you update your Dropbox to a newer version with the changes.
The updated Dropbox will work if you stop using ecryptfs or move your Dropbox folder outside of the encrypted directory, though in either of these cases you will need to migrate the files across to the non-encrypted location.
If you require encryption Dropbox will still work on an ext4 partition on top of a block encrypted device, eg using LUKS.
Note that Dropbox is a third party application not provided by Ubuntu itself.
answered Oct 4 at 1:21
thomasrutter
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New versions of Dropbox for Linux released after Nov 2018 only support ext4 with xattr enabled, and do not support ecryptfs (Ubuntu's encrypted home folders).
I expect if you use ecryptfs it will continue to work until you update your Dropbox to a newer version with the changes.
The updated Dropbox will work if you stop using ecryptfs or move your Dropbox folder outside of the encrypted directory, though in either of these cases you will need to migrate the files across to the non-encrypted location.
If you require encryption Dropbox will still work on an ext4 partition on top of a block encrypted device, eg using LUKS.
Note that Dropbox is a third party application not provided by Ubuntu itself.
answered Oct 4 at 1:21
thomasrutter
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New versions of Dropbox for Linux released after Nov 2018 only support ext4 with xattr enabled, and do not support ecryptfs (Ubuntu's encrypted home folders).
I expect if you use ecryptfs it will continue to work until you update your Dropbox to a newer version with the changes.
The updated Dropbox will work if you stop using ecryptfs or move your Dropbox folder outside of the encrypted directory, though in either of these cases you will need to migrate the files across to the non-encrypted location.
If you require encryption Dropbox will still work on an ext4 partition on top of a block encrypted device, eg using LUKS.
Note that Dropbox is a third party application not provided by Ubuntu itself.
answered Oct 4 at 1:21
thomasrutter
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New versions of Dropbox for Linux released after Nov 2018 only support ext4 with xattr enabled, and do not support ecryptfs (Ubuntu's encrypted home folders).
I expect if you use ecryptfs it will continue to work until you update your Dropbox to a newer version with the changes.
The updated Dropbox will work if you stop using ecryptfs or move your Dropbox folder outside of the encrypted directory, though in either of these cases you will need to migrate the files across to the non-encrypted location.
If you require encryption Dropbox will still work on an ext4 partition on top of a block encrypted device, eg using LUKS.
Note that Dropbox is a third party application not provided by Ubuntu itself.
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I used this as the impetus to set up a Nextcloud server and use that instead of Dropbox. You could also consider SpiderOak, Box etc.
I don't really understand Dropbox's motivation for doing this. They say that they need the file attribute tools available on ext4, but those work fine on encrypted filesystems too. Anyway, time to find something better.
answered Oct 26 at 4:16
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I used this as the impetus to set up a Nextcloud server and use that instead of Dropbox. You could also consider SpiderOak, Box etc.
I don't really understand Dropbox's motivation for doing this. They say that they need the file attribute tools available on ext4, but those work fine on encrypted filesystems too. Anyway, time to find something better.
answered Oct 26 at 4:16
bodge
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I used this as the impetus to set up a Nextcloud server and use that instead of Dropbox. You could also consider SpiderOak, Box etc.
I don't really understand Dropbox's motivation for doing this. They say that they need the file attribute tools available on ext4, but those work fine on encrypted filesystems too. Anyway, time to find something better.
answered Oct 26 at 4:16
bodge
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I used this as the impetus to set up a Nextcloud server and use that instead of Dropbox. You could also consider SpiderOak, Box etc.
I don't really understand Dropbox's motivation for doing this. They say that they need the file attribute tools available on ext4, but those work fine on encrypted filesystems too. Anyway, time to find something better.
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"ecryptfs is not supported, but Dropbox will continue to sync with supported file systems that are encrypted via full disk encryption (e.g. LUKS)" as per this.
– pomsky
Oct 4 at 11:55
Would be great to have a guide to get rid of ecryptfs and switch to LUKS for this purpose
– Jim Wilentz
Oct 5 at 18:29
How were you using ecryptfs with dropbox? Keeping the decrypted files on dropbox? It still supports ext4, why not keep the encrypted ext4 files on dropbox?
– Xen2050
Oct 11 at 21:12
@Xen2050 : If you use your Dropbox to share files with others, having them encrypted in the Dropbox is a bit complicated.
– Frédéric Grosshans
Oct 25 at 13:51