ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase(1)

✨ NAME ✨

ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase — unwrap an eCryptfs mount passphrase from a file 💖

like, it takes the scrambled lil guy and gives you back the real one, no cap

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file]

printf "%s" "wrapping passphrase" | ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase [file] -

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bestie, ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase is a utility whose whole entire job is unwrapping an eCryptfs mount passphrase from file, using a wrapping passphrase that you specify, and then displaying the decrypted result on standard out. 💅

that's it. that's the gig. it unwraps, it prints, it slays. ✨

heads up though — the passphrase it hands back goes straight to standard out, so maybe don't be doing this in front of the whole group chat 👀

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• ecryptfs(7)
• ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase(1)
• ecryptfs-wrap-passphrase(1)
• /usr/share/doc/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-faq.html
• http://ecryptfs.org/

like, read the friends too, they're all in the same friend group fr fr 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manpage was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others, she's not gatekeeping 💜).

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.

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🌈 — this was ecryptfs-utils, dated 2008-07-21, serving ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase(1) energy from way back. iconic, honestly. periodt. 💖✨