Questions tagged [ecryptfs]
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Mount options with ecryptfs encrypted home
I'm using ecryptfs for an encrypted home directory. I would like to try out the mount option "ecryptfs_xattr" on my encrypted home directory, because it will probably improve performance. Can I specify this option somewhere, and still have it…
Marius Bjørnstad
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Can the eCryptfs encrypted filename prefix be changed?
If I enable filename encryption in eCryptfs, when I unmount the filesystem all my files have names which start with "ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED". I understand the need for the file system to have a signature in the filename which it can use to…
Michael
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How do I decrypt ecryptfs files?
I tried to setup ecryptfs on Debian Jessie, but I made an error and I cannot login now. So I took my encrypted files, and placed them in a safe place. How do I decrypt these files? I still remember the password.
I've searched on every page on…
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How to hide timestamps on encrypted data files with ecryptfs?
I was investigating using ecryptfs to encrypt a single directory in my computer, but one of the things I noticed was that it leaks timestamps operations on unencrypted files in the lower encrypted data files, as also mentioned at: conceal home…
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How do I recover encrypted home folder
I decided to de-crypt my home folder yesterday. I copied all of my home folder to an external hard drive with
sudo cp -rp /home/brad /media/brad/WD_4TB/brad.backup
I removed the .ecryptfs directory on the external hard drive. I then rm -rf…
Brad Fennell
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Smart Cards and eCryptFS
I'm trying to integrate PKI keys on a smartcard (using OpenSC) with eCryptFS mounts in order to facilitate stronger authorization checks.
Here's how I would encrypt the passphrase for the filesystem:
pkcs15-tool --read-public-key $KEYID >…
Hyppy
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Is there a way to decrypt the encrypted files (using ecryptFS) on Linux?
I am using ecryptFS for encryption of data on Linux. Is there a way on Linux to decrypt the data without mounting the encrypted folder?
user507208
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Creating an eCryptfs Filesystem
I have a number of user directories that I'd like to have encrypted and authenticated via eCryptfs.
I am attempting to create a new filesystem like so:
gpg2 --decrypt key.gpg | \
sudo mount -t ecryptfs -o key=passphrase:passphrase_passwd_fd=0 \
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Naftuli Kay
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Shrinking directory sizes on an ecryptfs filesystem
The root directory of my ecryptfs filesystem has grown massively since I accidentally created many thousands of files in it. Now that I've deleted the files, I'd like to shrink the directory, as I believe it's causing some performance problems.
My…
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Ubuntu encrypted home folder got corrupted
I installed Ubuntu and encrypted the home folder. Then I forgot the login password and tried to change it:
from the recovery mode, I've selected the root shell and at the prompt I entered:
mount -rw -o remount /
passwd username
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during the…
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Recovering .eCrytpts files from sbd1 drive
When one of my RAID 1 drives went bad, after installing a replacement with one button in bios I ended up reformatting my drive. Linux then refused to recognize the new RAID formated drive, I managed to get windows to run testdisk to recover some…
Robb
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mount ecryptfs add boot time via init.d script
I have a directory .cipher which is a mount point to an external storage.
Now I want to mount this directory to a directory plain at boot time. A running service must access the data without a user logon. I did the following…
Rüdiger Gubler
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