I have a headless Ubuntu 12.10 server. I'm logged in as administrator via SSH. I cannot create a directory in my home directory:

administrator@Leo:~$ cd ~

administrator@Leo:~$ mkdir Test

mkdir: cannot create directory `Test': Permission denied

The equivalent as root does work:

administrator@Leo:~$ sudo mkdir Test



administrator@Leo:~$ ls -al

total 12

dr-x------ 3 administrator administrator 4096 Jul 14 21:14 .

drwxr-xr-x 6 root          root          4096 Oct 26  2011 ..

lrwxrwxrwx 1 administrator administrator   56 Sep 11  2011 Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop -> /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.desktop

lrwxrwxrwx 1 administrator administrator   39 Sep 11  2011 .ecryptfs -> /home/.ecryptfs/administrator/.ecryptfs

lrwxrwxrwx 1 administrator administrator   38 Sep 11  2011 .Private -> /home/.ecryptfs/administrator/.Private

lrwxrwxrwx 1 administrator administrator   52 Sep 11  2011 README.txt -> /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-mount-private.txt

drwxr-xr-x 2 root          root          4096 Jul 14 21:14 Test

I am unsure where the ecryptfs-related stuff comes from. I don't believe I requested encryption of my home directory, but perhaps that is causing things to go awry? Can anyone explain what's gone wrong here and/or provide a solution?