Filesystem encryption using eCryptfs
Topics: Linux, Filesystem, Security
eCryptfs encrypts selected directories on Linux, such as a user’s home directory, without requiring encryption of the entire filesystem.
Changing the encryption passphrase
This is necessary if the user password is used as encryption passphrase via PAM.
ecryptfs-rewrap-passphrase /home/.ecryptfs/$USER/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase