cdetach(1)

cdetach1

Detach encrypted directory from cfs

Usage

cdetach name

Overview

cdettach removes the instance called name of an encrypted directory (created with cattach(1)) from /crypt. The underlying encrypted version of the directory remains, of course, and may be attached again when needed with cattach(1).

Examples

cdetach mab

deletes /crypt/mab

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

  1. 3.0–4.0

Bugs

Anyone can cdetach anything, even directories attached by other users. This can lead to irritating denial-of-service attacks.

Author

Matt Blaze; for information on cfs, email to [email protected]

From cfs 1.4.1-17 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.