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eCryptfs (the Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem) is a POSIX-compliant encrypted filesystem that has been part of the mainline Linux Kernel since version 2.6.19. It has been implemented as a stackable file system and provides filesystem-level encryption. eCryptfs has been derived from Erez Zadok's Cryptfs.

eCryptfs (the Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem) is a POSIX-compliant encrypted filesystem that has been part of the mainline Linux Kernel since version 2.6.19. It has been implemented as a stackable file system and provides filesystem-level encryption.

eCryptfs has been derived from Erez Zadok's Cryptfs.

More information and related tools can be obtained from https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs

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How to configure kernel to enable eCryptfs and Overlayfs filesystems in Ubuntu?

I'am trying to use privexec program in Ubuntu but according to http://www.onarlioglu.com/privexec/ site, they say that "Don't forget to enable ecryptfs and overlayfs support." at the 2. step of installation. I can't find the way to accomplish this…
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Plex Media Server And encFS

I'm trying to Spin Plex Media server in Docker. And I want to mass my media as a Volume, but encrypted. Flow: 1. Mount volume from external storage on underlaying host. 2. mount volume to docker container as volume 3. encrypt data with encfs inside…
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Custom encryption Algo in Ecryptfs

has anyone used custom encryption algorithm(s) for encrypting data in ecryptfs? Custom Algorithm means any other crypto library/algorithm than standard kernel crypto APIs used by ecryptfs?
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securely restoring an ecryptfs encrypted backup

I'm using ecryptfs to backup the entire contents of my Ubuntu box to an external hard drive enclosure. I've followed this guide and have things properly backing-up and encrypted as I want. That's all well and good until I have to actually use the…
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Can a pam module modify the password typed by the user before it is seen by other modules?

Background: I have written a password generator that works as follows: Generate 130 random bits Interpret random bits as 26 elements of GF(32) Use the elements as coefficients to construct a 25th degree polynomium Evaluate the polynomium for all 32…
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Upstart script to start eCryptfs encryption

I'm using eCryptfs to mount and encrypt a particular directory via: mount -t ecryptfs /secure /secure -o ecryptfs_unlink_sigs,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,ecryptfs_cipher=aes I've seen examples that use fstab to automatically mount using ecryptfs at boot…
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encrypt / decrypt a folder by ecryptfs for special user only

can i encrypt a folder and decrypt it only for special user by encrypts tools in Linux? in this case other users can not view files in decrypted folder. a way is using permissions to access folder but has another way?
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decrypt a file only for specific process in linux automatically

I want to encrypt a folder by encfs or ecryptfs in linux. I can do it, but i want just specific process can access to it and decryption accrues automatically for that process. No key to encryption needed by process. Can any help me?
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How to encrypt data while allowing r/w for given user in linux

I am currently working on a java search project that will be distributed to the clients' local server, the project contains some valuable data that we hope it cannot be accessed directly on the machine, but can only be accessed from the project…
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ecryptfs: DDev Magento linux quick start setup failing on "file name too long"

Ubuntu details: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS" I am trying to install magento on my linux machine. I am using ddev quick start for magento…
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ecryptfs - relation of user entered passphrase to the FEKEK when mounting manually

I've been trying to set up encrypted folder following the instructions in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ECryptfs#Without_ecryptfs-utils. In that case a mount passphrase is manually created and wrapped using a chosen password ("Arch" in that…
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ecryptfs size different from home directory size

I'm puzzled. My harddisk is full and most of the space is used by .eryptfs/$MYUSERNAME (810.4 GB). Strangly, my home directory /home/MYUSERNAME (22.2GB) consumes significantly less diskspace. Any idea what is wrong or where to look for the "missing"…
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