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authorJoseph Richey <joerichey94@gmail.com>2017-08-24 00:29:54 -0700
committerJoseph Richey <joerichey94@gmail.com>2017-08-24 00:29:54 -0700
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Updated documentation for PAM module help
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#### Directories using my login passphrase are not automatically unlocking.
Either the PAM module is not installed correctly, or your login passphrase
-changed and things got out of sync.
+changed and things got out of sync. Another reason that these directories might
+not unlock is if your session starts without password authentication. The most
+common case of this is public-key ssh login.
-#### I can still see files or filenames after running `fscrypt purge MOUNTPOINT`
-
-You need to unmount `MOUNTPOINT` to clear the necessary caches. See
-`fscrypt purge --help` for more information
+To trigger a password authentication event, run `su $(whoami) -c exit`.
#### Getting "encryption not enabled" on an ext4 filesystem.