Just in case, it is reocmmended to backup the original contents of the directory (especially your home dir) before proceeding.
Setup ecryptfs
Run this command: ecryptfs-setup-private
It will ask you for your login password, this is so that when you login, everything is automatically decrypted by using a passphrase that is wrapped with your login.
You can hit enter and leave things blank for an autogenerated passphrase (for mounting) or you can en........