ecryptfs-add-passphrase(1)

ecryptfs-add-passphrase1

Add an ecryptfs mount passphrase to the kernel keyring.

Usage

ecryptfs-add-passphrase [--fnek]

printf {"%s" "passphrase" | ecryptfs-add-passphrase [--fnek] -}

Overview

ecryptfs-add-passphrase is a utility to manually add a passphrase to the kernel keyring.

If the --fnek option is specified, the filename encryption key associated with the input passphrase will also be added to the keyring.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8–Arch

Author

This manpage was written by Dustin Kirkland <[email protected]> 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.

From ecryptfs-utils 111-9 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.