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eCryptFS: How to mount a backup of an encrypted home dir?

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Mar 15, 202612092 views
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Problem

I use eCryptFS to encrypt the home directory of my laptop. My backup script copies the encrypted files to a server (together with everything else in ). How can I mount the encrypted files of the backup? I'd like to verify that I can do that, and that everything is in place. My naive try with didn't…

Error Output

mount -t ecryptfs /backup/home/.ecryptfs/boldewyn /mnt/test

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Fix for: eCryptFS: How to mount a backup of an encrypted home dir?

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Assuming you use the Ubuntu standard encryption scheme, with no extra tweaks. The $HOME/.ecryptfs "folder" is actually just a link. The true place where your files stay is /home/.ecryptfs/$USER There are two folders there, .Private (with your files …

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