RHEL5.3 has ecryptfs-utils-56 as tech preview; upstream has moved on to ecryptfs-utils-69 with a handful of fixes, enhancements, and documentation updates. It seems reasonable to me to go ahead and pull in these upstream changes for 5.4.
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: ecryptfs-utils has been re-based to version 75. This update contains a lot of bug fixes. The most significant ones are improved interactive mount helper, openssl keys usage and corrected error messages and return codes. The most significant new feature is availability for users who are in ecryptfs group to set up secured ~/Private directory.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1307.html