Possible to Create Unencrypted Folder Outside Ecryptfs Home?
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Dropbox is dropping support for ecryptfs directories. Is it possible to create a directory outside the encrypted home directory that a user can access, where the Dropbox folder can be moved to?
Assuming you have sudo rights (and your /home partition is on an Ext4 filesystem) you can simply create a new folder outside of your home directory (e.g. /home/dropbox) and tell Dropbox to move itself to this folder.
Don't forget to set the appropriate permissions on the new folder so your account has access.
I've just done this, and although Dropbox initially seemed to be confused (it thought that the destination folder was still not on a supported partition), after unlinking and relinking my account it is now syncing happily.
Yes, this is possible.
Assuming you have sudo rights (and your
/homepartition is on an Ext4 filesystem) you can simply create a new folder outside of your home directory (e.g./home/dropbox) and tell Dropbox to move itself to this folder.Don't forget to set the appropriate permissions on the new folder so your account has access.
I've just done this, and although Dropbox initially seemed to be confused (it thought that the destination folder was still not on a supported partition), after unlinking and relinking my account it is now syncing happily.