bionic (8) pam_ecryptfs.8.gz

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NAME

       pam_ecryptfs - PAM module for eCryptfs

SYNOPSIS

       pam_ecryptfs.so [unwrap]

DESCRIPTION

       pam_ecryptfs  is  a  PAM  module  that  can use the login password to unwrap an ecryptfs mount passphrase
       stored in ~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase, and automatically mount a private cryptographic directory.

OPTIONS

       unwrap
          Use the login passphrase to unwrap an eCryptfs mount passphrase.

       MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED

       The services auth, and session are supported.

EXAMPLES

       To unwrap a mount passphrase and automatically mount a private directory  on  login,  add  the  following
       lines to

       /etc/pam.d/common-auth:

                  auth    required        pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap

       /etc/pam.d/common-session:

                  session optional        pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap

SEE ALSO

       ecryptfs(7), pam.conf(5), pam.d(8), pam(8)

       /usr/share/doc/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-faq.html

       http://ecryptfs.org/

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.