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eCryptfs is an enterprise cryptographic filesystem for Linux. It is developed by Ubuntu maintainers and therefore cannot be trusted...

Just joking, it is most likely safe to use.

Installation

Kernel

In order to eCryptfs to work, only a single kernel option is necessary, although setting both of the options below will not hurt:

KERNEL Enable kernel support for eCryptfs

File systems  --->
   -*- Miscellaneous filesystems  --->
      <*>   eCrypt filesystem layer support
      [*]     Enable notifications for userspace key wrap/unwrap

USE flags

After setting the kernel options, the user space tools will need to be installed. First check the the optional USE flags:

USE flags for sys-fs/ecryptfs-utils eCryptfs userspace utilities

doc	Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
gpg	Enable app-crypt/gnupg key module
gtk	Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
nls	Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
openssl	Enable dev-libs/openssl key module
pam	Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
pkcs11	Enable PKCS#11 (Smartcards) key module
suid	Enable setuid root program(s)
tpm	Enable support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) using app-crypt/trousers

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2024-01-05 14:02 More information about USE flags

Emerge

When USE flags have been set as desired, ask Portage to install the package:

root #emerge --ask sys-fs/ecryptfs-utils

Configuration

Files

• /etc/global_file_example - Global (system wide) configuration file.
• ~/.local_file_example - Local (per user) configuration file.

Usage

Invocation

user $example

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose sys-fs/ecryptfs-utils

See also

• VeraCrypt - A maintained fork of Truecrypt: on-the-fly disk encryption software.