E4CRYPT(8) System Manager's Manual E4CRYPT(8)
NAME
e4crypt - ext4 file system encryption utility
SYNOPSIS
e4crypt add_key -S [ -k keyring ] [-v] [-q] [ -p pad ] [ path ... ]
e4crypt new_session
e4crypt get_policy path ...
e4crypt set_policy [ -p pad ] policy path ...
DESCRIPTION
e4crypt performs encryption management for ext4 file systems.
COMMANDS
e4crypt add_key [-vq] [-S salt ] [-k keyring ] [ -p pad ] [ path ... ]
Prompts the user for a passphrase and inserts it into the speci-
fied keyring. If no keyring is specified, e4crypt will use the
session keyring if it exists or the user session keyring if it
does not.
The salt argument is interpreted in a number of different ways,
depending on how its prefix value. If the first two characters
are "s:", then the rest of the argument will be used as an text
string and used as the salt value. If the first two characters
are "0x", then the rest of the argument will be parsed as a hex
string as used as the salt. If the first characters are "f:"
then the rest of the argument will be interpreted as a filename
from which the salt value will be read. If the string begins
with a '/' character, it will similarly be treated as filename.
Finally, if the salt argument can be parsed as a valid UUID,
then the UUID value will be used as a salt value.
The keyring argument specifies the keyring to which the key
should be added.
The pad value specifies the number of bytes of padding will be
added to directory names for obfuscation purposes. Valid pad
values are 4, 8, 16, and 32.
If one or more directory paths are specified, e4crypt will try
to set the policy of those directories to use the key just added
by the add_key command. If a salt was explicitly specified,
then it will be used to derive the encryption key of those di-
rectories. Otherwise a directory-specific default salt will be
used.
e4crypt get_policy path ...
Print the policy for the directories specified on the command
line.
e4crypt new_session
Give the invoking process (typically a shell) a new session
keyring, discarding its old session keyring.
e4crypt set_policy [ -p pad ] policy path ...
Sets the policy for the directories specified on the command
line. All directories must be empty to set the policy; if the
directory already has a policy established, e4crypt will vali-
date that the policy matches what was specified. A policy is an
encryption key identifier consisting of 16 hexadecimal charac-
ters.
AUTHOR
Written by Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@google.com>, Ildar Muslukhov <mus-
lukhovi@gmail.com>, and Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
SEE ALSO
keyctl(1), mke2fs(8), mount(8).
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