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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt) | 44 | ||||
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.rst index 01d8a08351ac..7236172300ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.rst @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================================== eCryptfs: A stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux +====================================================== eCryptfs is free software. Please see the file COPYING for details. For documentation, please see the files in the doc/ subdirectory. For building and installation instructions please see the INSTALL file. -Maintainer: Phillip Hellewell -Lead developer: Michael A. Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> -Developers: Michael C. Thompson - Kent Yoder -Web Site: http://ecryptfs.sf.net +:Maintainer: Phillip Hellewell +:Lead developer: Michael A. Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> +:Developers: Michael C. Thompson + Kent Yoder +:Web Site: http://ecryptfs.sf.net This software is currently undergoing development. Make sure to maintain a backup copy of any data you write into eCryptfs. @@ -19,13 +23,15 @@ SourceForge site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecryptfs/ Userspace requirements include: - - David Howells' userspace keyring headers and libraries (version - 1.0 or higher), obtainable from - http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/ - - Libgcrypt + +- David Howells' userspace keyring headers and libraries (version + 1.0 or higher), obtainable from + http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/ +- Libgcrypt -NOTES +Notes +===== In the beta/experimental releases of eCryptfs, when you upgrade eCryptfs, you should copy the files to an unencrypted location and @@ -33,20 +39,21 @@ then copy the files back into the new eCryptfs mount to migrate the files. -MOUNT-WIDE PASSPHRASE +Mount-wide Passphrase +===================== Create a new directory into which eCryptfs will write its encrypted files (i.e., /root/crypt). Then, create the mount point directory -(i.e., /mnt/crypt). Now it's time to mount eCryptfs: +(i.e., /mnt/crypt). Now it's time to mount eCryptfs:: -mount -t ecryptfs /root/crypt /mnt/crypt + mount -t ecryptfs /root/crypt /mnt/crypt You should be prompted for a passphrase and a salt (the salt may be blank). -Try writing a new file: +Try writing a new file:: -echo "Hello, World" > /mnt/crypt/hello.txt + echo "Hello, World" > /mnt/crypt/hello.txt The operation will complete. Notice that there is a new file in /root/crypt that is at least 12288 bytes in size (depending on your @@ -59,10 +66,13 @@ keyctl clear @u Then umount /mnt/crypt and mount again per the instructions given above. -cat /mnt/crypt/hello.txt +:: + + cat /mnt/crypt/hello.txt -NOTES +Notes +===== eCryptfs version 0.1 should only be mounted on (1) empty directories or (2) directories containing files only created by eCryptfs. If you diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index c6885c7ef781..d6d69f1c9287 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations. cramfs debugfs dlmfs + ecryptfs fuse overlayfs virtiofs |