1ecryptfs-setup-swap(1)             eCryptfs             ecryptfs-setup-swap(1)
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NAME

6       ecryptfs-setup-swap - ensure that any swap space is encrypted
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SYNOPSIS

10       ecryptfs-setup-swap [-f|--force]
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DESCRIPTION

14       This  script  will  detect  existing swap partitions or swap files, and
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17       Encrypted swap is essential to  securing  any  system  using  eCryptfs,
18       since  decrypted file contents will exist in the system's memory, which
19       may be swapped to disk at any time.  If the system swap  space  is  not
20       also encrypted, it is possible that decrypted files could be written to
21       disk in clear text.
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23       Note that most Linux distributions do not yet support resuming from  an
24       encrypted  swap  space,  and thus hibernate/resume will not work.  Sus‐
25       pend/resume is unaffected.
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27       Upon running the utility, the user  will  be  informed  of  the  hiber‐
28       nate/resume  break,  and asked to confirm the behavior.  The -f|--force
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SEE ALSO

33       cryptsetup(8)
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35       http://ecryptfs.org/
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AUTHOR

39       This manpage and the utility was  written  by  Dustin  Kirkland  <kirk‐
40       land@ubuntu.com>  for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Per‐
41       mission is granted to copy,  distribute  and/or  modify  this  document
42       under  the  terms  of  the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any
43       later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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45       On Debian and Ubuntu systems, the complete text of the GNU General Pub‐
46       lic License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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