SYNOPSIS

ecryptfs-add-passphrase [--fnek]

printf "%s" "passphrase" | ecryptfs-add-passphrase [--fnek] -

DESCRIPTION

ecryptfs-add-passphrase is a utility to manually add a passphrase to the kernel keyring.

If the --fnek option is specified, the filename encryption key associated with the input passphrase will also be added to the keyring.

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.