keybase / keybase/client

KeyBase and a symlink to BitLocker encrypted volume

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Description

My Win10 user profile folder (%USERPROFILE%) is symlinked to another partition.
The destination partition is encrypted with microsoft's BitLocker full-volume-encryption feature.
When launched, KeyBase client keeps staying in the "starting up keybase..." screen and won't get to the login screen.
This problem does not occur with the same KeyBase.io user, on the same machine, with a different Win10 user profile where the %USERPROFILE% folder is not symlinked and resides on a non-encrypted volume.

my log id: e2a8f0e097386d4087fc901c

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Research direction

Start with the provided log ID e2a8f0e097386d4087fc901c and reproduce the Windows 10 setup using a symlinked %USERPROFILE% on a BitLocker-encrypted partition. Compare it with the working profile configuration; done means Keybase proceeds past the startup screen to the login screen.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
desktop, operating-systems, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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