I notice messages like this in the journal for each such file Itry to read: kernel: Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region, inode 105438 How can this be fixed? Matthias Am Freitag, dem 01.10.2021 um 13:04 +0200 schrieb Matthias Bodenbinder: > Hi, > > I hundreds of files in my ecryptfs home which I can write (e.g. rename them) but I can not read them resp. open them. A chmod as > user or even as root is not working. > > Example: > > 34# file wencke-18te.xcf > wencke-18te.xcf: writable, regular file, no read permission > > 35# ll wencke-18te.xcf > .rw-r--r-- matthias matthias 41 MB Thu Aug 3 16:00:46 2017 wencke-18te.xcf > > 36# getfacl wencke-18te.xcf > # file: wencke-18te.xcf > # owner: matthias > # group: matthias > user::rw- > group::r-- > other::r-- > > 37# chmod 644 wencke-18te.xcf > chmod: changing permissions of 'wencke-18te.xcf': Input/output error > > The underlying ecryptfs directory /home/.ecryptfs/matthias/ with .Private and .ecryptfs subdirectories is readable without > error. > I can rsync it to my backup server. But when I mount it from the backup server with ecryptfs-recover-private I have the same > issue. > > What can I do to fix that and make the files readable again? > > Matthias >
