eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
eCryptfs is a cryptographic stacked Linux filesystem. eCryptfs stores cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decrypted with the proper key in the Linux kernel keyring. There is no need to keep track of any additional information aside from what is already in the encrypted file itself. You may think of eCryptfs as a sort of "gnupgfs", or "gnupg as a filesystem".
eCryptfs is widely used, as the basis for Ubuntu's Encrypted Home Directory, natively within Google's ChromeOS, and transparently embedded in several network attached storage (NAS) devices.
Originally authored by Michael Halcrow and the IBM LInux Technology Center, eCryptfs is derived from Erez Zadok's Cryptfs, and the FiST framework for stacked filesystems. eCryptfs extends Cryptfs to provide advanced key management and policy features. eCryptfs is currently actively maintained by Dustin Kirkland (of Gazzang, Inc) and Tyler Hicks (of Canonical, Ltd).
The eCryptfs home page is:
* http://
The mailing list for users and developers is:
* http://
The ecryptfs-utils userspace code is stored in Launchpad/Bazaar, and can be obtained with:
* https:/
The ecryptfs kernel code is stored in Git/Kernel.org, and can be obtained with:
* https:/
The Google+ page is:
* https:/
StackExchange Questions and Answers:
* http://
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trunk series is the current focus of development.
All code Code
- Version control system:
- Bazaar
- Programming languages:
- C, shell
All packages Packages in Distributions
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ecryptfs-utils source package in Xenial
Version 111-0ubuntu1.1 uploaded -
ecryptfs-utils source package in Trusty
Version 104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4 uploaded -
ecryptfs-utils source package in Precise
Version 96-0ubuntu3.5 uploaded -
ecryptfs-utils source package in Plucky
Version 111-6ubuntu3 uploaded -
ecryptfs-utils source package in Oracular
Version 111-6ubuntu3 uploaded
All bugs Latest bugs reported
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Bug #2067017: Gtk+ available as a configure option but not used anywhere
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Bug #2023373: remounting directory with different password causes files to disappear
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Bug #2022094: home doesn't get automatically unmounted after logout
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Bug #2022091: ecryptfs now defaults to mount home with open access
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Bug #2021895: encrypted home doesn't work anymore on ubuntu 23.04 lunar
Reported
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- Christopher Head 5 points