1mount.ecryptfs_private(1)          eCryptfs          mount.ecryptfs_private(1)
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NAME

6       mount.ecryptfs_private - eCryptfs private mount helper.
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SYNOPSIS

10       mount.ecryptfs_private
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12       NOTE:  This  program  will not dynamically load the relevant keys.  For
13       this reason, it is recommended that users use ecryptfs-mount-private(1)
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DESCRIPTION

18       mount.ecryptfs_private  is  a  mount helper utility for non-root users,
19       who are members of ecryptfs group, to cryptographically mount a private
20       directory, ~/Private.
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22       If, and only if:
23         - the private mount passphrase is in their kernel keyring, and
24         - the current user owns both ~/.Private and ~/Private, and
25         - ~/Private is not already mounted, then
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27       This program will:
28         - mount ~/.Private onto ~/Private
29         - as an ecryptfs filesystem
30         - using the AES cipher
31         - with a key length of 16 bytes
32         - using the passphrase whose signature is in ~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig
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34       The only setuid operation in this program is the call to mount(8).
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36       The  ecryptfs-setup-private(1)  utility  will create the ~/.Private and
37       ~/Private  directories,  generate  a   mount   passphrase,   wrap   the
38       passphrase, and write the ~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig.
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40       The  system administrator can add the pam_ecryptfs.so module to the PAM
41       stack which will automatically use the login passphrase to  unwrap  the
42       mount  passphrase, add the passphrase to the user's kernel keyring, and
43       automatically perform the mount. See pam_ecryptfs(8).
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FILES

47       ~/.Private - underlying directory containing encrypted data
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49       ~/Private - mountpoint containing decrypted data (when mounted)
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51       ~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig  -  file  containing  signature  of  mountpoint
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SEE ALSO

59       ecryptfs(7), ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase(1),  ecryptfs-setup-private(1),
60       keyctl(1), mount(8), umount.ecryptfs_private(1), pam_ecryptfs(8)
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62       /usr/share/doc/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-faq.html
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64       http://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/
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AUTHOR

68       This  manpage  and  the  mount.ecryptfs_private  utility was written by
69       Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be
70       used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or mod‐
71       ify this document under the terms of the GNU  General  Public  License,
72       Version  2  or any later version published by the Free Software Founda‐
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75       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
76       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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