1ecryptfs-recover-private(1)        eCryptfs        ecryptfs-recover-private(1)
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NAME

6       ecryptfs-recover-private  - find and mount any encrypted private direc‐
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SYNOPSIS

11       ecryptfs-recover-private [--rw] [encrypted private dir]
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DESCRIPTION

15       This utility is intended to  help  eCryptfs  recover  data  from  their
16       encrypted  home  or  encrypted private partitions.  It is useful to run
17       this from a LiveISO or a recovery image.  It must run under sudo(8)  or
18       with root permission, in order to search the filesystem and perform the
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21       The program can take a target encrypted directory on the command  line.
22       If  unspecified,  the utility will search the entire system looking for
23       encrypted private directories,  as  configured  by  ecryptfs-setup-pri‐
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26       If  an encrypted directory and a wrapped-passphrase file are found, the
27       user is prompted for the login  (wrapping)  passphrase,  the  keys  are
28       inserted into the keyring, and the data is decrypted and mounted.
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30       If  no  wrapped-passphrase file is found, the user will be prompted for
31       their mount passphrase.  This passphrase is typically 32 characters  of
32       [0-9a-f].  All users are prompted to urgently record this randomly gen‐
33       erated passphrase when they first setup their encrypted private  direc‐
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36       The  destination  mount of the decrypted data is a temporary directory,
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39       By default, the mount will be read-only.  To mount with read and  write
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SEE ALSO

44       ecryptfs-setup-private(1), sudo(8)
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46       http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/03/mounting-your-encrypted-home-
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50       http://ecryptfs.org/
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AUTHOR

54       This manpage was written by Dustin Kirkland  <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  for
55       Ubuntu  systems  (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to
56       copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
57       General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the
58       Free Software Foundation.
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60       On Debian and Ubuntu systems, the complete text of the GNU General Pub‐
61       lic License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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