mount.ecryptfs_private man page on SuSE

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   14857 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
SuSE logo
[printable version]

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

NAME
       mount.ecryptfs_private - eCryptfs private mount helper.

SYNOPSIS
       mount.ecryptfs_private

DESCRIPTION
       mount.ecryptfs_private  is a mount helper utility for non-root users to
       cryptographically mount a private directory, ~/Private.

       If, and only if:
	 - the private mount passphrase is in their kernel keyring, and
	 - the current user owns both ~/.Private and ~/Private, and
	 - ~/Private is not already mounted, then

       This program will:
	 - mount ~/.Private onto ~/Private
	 - as an ecryptfs filesystem
	 - using the AES cipher
	 - with a key length of 16 bytes
	 - using the passphrase whose signature is in ~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig

       The only setuid operation in this program is the call to mount(8).

       The ecryptfs-setup-private(1) utility will create  the  ~/.Private  and
       ~/Private   directories,	  generate   a	 mount	passphrase,  wrap  the
       passphrase, and write the ~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig.

       The system administrator can add the pam_ecryptfs.so module to the  PAM
       stack  which  will automatically use the login passphrase to unwrap the
       mount passphrase, add the passphrase to the user's kernel keyring,  and
       automatically perform the mount. See pam_ecryptfs(8).

FILES
       ~/.Private - underlying directory containing encrypted data

       ~/Private - mountpoint containing decrypted data (when mounted)

       ~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig	-  file	 containing  signature	of  mountpoint
       passphrase

       ~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase - mount passphrase, encrypted  with  the
       login passphrase

SEE ALSO
       ecryptfs(7),  ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase(1), ecryptfs-setup-private(1),
       keyctl(1), mount(8), umount.ecryptfs_private(1), pam_ecryptfs(8)

       /usr/share/doc/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-faq.html

       http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/

AUTHOR
       This manpage and the  mount.ecryptfs_private  utility  was  written  by
       Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be
       used by others).	 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or mod‐
       ify  this  document  under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
       Version 2 or any later version published by the Free  Software  Founda‐
       tion.

       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

ecryptfs-utils			  2008-07-21	     mount.ecryptfs_private(1)
[top]

List of man pages available for SuSE

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net