ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase(1)

ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase1

Unwrap an ecryptfs wrapped passphrase, rewrap it with a new passphrase, and write it back to file.

Usage

ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase [file]

printf {"%s\n%s" "old wrapping passphrase" "new wrapping passphrase" | ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase [file] -}

Overview

ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase is a utility to change the wrapping passphrase on a wrapped passphrase file.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 5.0–6.0
  2. 7
  3. 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.