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.TH ecryptfs-recover-private 1 2010-12-17 ecryptfs-utils "eCryptfs"
.SH NAME
\fBecryptfs-recover-private\fP \- find and mount any encrypted private directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBecryptfs-recover-private\fP [--rw] [encrypted private dir]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This utility is intended to help eCryptfs recover data from their encrypted home or encrypted private partitions. It is useful to run this from a LiveISO or a recovery image. It must run under \fBsudo\fP(8) or with root permission, in order to search the filesystem and perform the mounts.
The program can take a target encrypted directory on the command line. If unspecified, the utility will search the entire system looking for encrypted private directories, as configured by \fBecryptfs-setup-private\fP(1).
If an encrypted directory and a \fIwrapped-passphrase\fP file are found, the user is prompted for the login (wrapping) passphrase, the keys are inserted into the keyring, and the data is decrypted and mounted.
If no \fIwrapped-passphrase\fP file is found, the user will be prompted for their mount passphrase. This passphrase is typically 32 characters of [0-9a-f]. All users are prompted to urgently record this randomly generated passphrase when they first setup their encrypted private directory.
The destination mount of the decrypted data is a temporary directory, in the form of \fI/tmp/ecryptfs.XXXXXXXX\fP.
By default, the mount will be read-only. To mount with read and write permission, add the --rw parameter.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBecryptfs-setup-private\fP(1), \fBsudo\fP(8)
\fIhttp://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/03/mounting-your-encrypted-home-from.html\fP
.TP
\fIhttp://ecryptfs.org/\fP
.PD
.SH AUTHOR
This manpage was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian and Ubuntu systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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