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6.3. Other Utilities

The ecryptfs-utils package includes several other useful utilities:

• ecryptfs-setup-private: creates a ~/Private directory to contain encrypted information. This utility can be run by unprivileged users to keep data private from other users on the system.

• ecryptfs-mount-private and ecryptfs-umount-private will mount and unmount a user's ~/Private directory.

• ecryptfs-add-passphrase: adds a new passphrase to the kernel keyring.

• ecryptfs-manager: manages eCryptfs objects such as keys.

• ecryptfs-stat: allows you to view the ecryptfs meta information for a file.

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