eCryptfs

where is the data stored when umounted?

Asked by Dick Thomas

i'm writing a backup application for use on systems with more then one user
so backing up the data while unencrypted isn't an option but
and I'm having trouble finding the data to backup on an unmounted ecryptfs Folder
e.g I have Private encrypted filled with data (9GB)
i've unmounted the folder and the .ecryptfs folder has only a few KB
and the Private folder is also only has KB of data in it
so where has the 9GB gone it's bit of a mystery to me
any pointers or would be fantastic

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Øyvind Stegard (oyvindstegard) said : 		#1

If you used the 'ecryptfs-setup-private' program to configure things, then the encrypted contents can be found in '~/.Private' (note the leading dot). That would be the directory to back up. You will notice that this directory reflects the contents of the standard ~/Private directory, only file names, dir names and contents are encrypted and unreadable.

Exclude '~/Private' folders from backups for safety. You don't want to risk transferring decrypted contents to unsafe places.

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