ecryptfs-umount-private(1)

ecryptfs-umount-private1

Ecryptfs private unmount wrapper script.

Usage

ecryptfs-umount-private

Overview

ecryptfs-umount-private is a wrapper script for the umount.ecryptfs_private utility.

It will unmount the user's private directory and clear any associated keys from the user's kernel 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 and the ecryptfs-umount-private utility 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.