How to unmount an ecryptfs .Private directory mounted at /tmp?
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Say that I want to view the contents of an encrypted home directory, I can simply use "sudo ecryptfs-recover-private " and it will mount an unencrypted copy at /tmp. That's all fine and good, but how do I unmount it from /tmp? The /tmp directory gets cleared at every startup I believe, but what if I want to remove the /tmp ecryptfs directory without rebooting? I can't just delete the folder because it's read-only.
Is there some way to unmount the directory, or is restarting the only option?
mount encryption home-directory ecryptfs tmp
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Say that I want to view the contents of an encrypted home directory, I can simply use "sudo ecryptfs-recover-private " and it will mount an unencrypted copy at /tmp. That's all fine and good, but how do I unmount it from /tmp? The /tmp directory gets cleared at every startup I believe, but what if I want to remove the /tmp ecryptfs directory without rebooting? I can't just delete the folder because it's read-only.
Is there some way to unmount the directory, or is restarting the only option?
mount encryption home-directory ecryptfs tmp
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Say that I want to view the contents of an encrypted home directory, I can simply use "sudo ecryptfs-recover-private " and it will mount an unencrypted copy at /tmp. That's all fine and good, but how do I unmount it from /tmp? The /tmp directory gets cleared at every startup I believe, but what if I want to remove the /tmp ecryptfs directory without rebooting? I can't just delete the folder because it's read-only.
Is there some way to unmount the directory, or is restarting the only option?
mount encryption home-directory ecryptfs tmp
asked May 13 '17 at 13:53
Mixx
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Say that I want to view the contents of an encrypted home directory, I can simply use "sudo ecryptfs-recover-private " and it will mount an unencrypted copy at /tmp. That's all fine and good, but how do I unmount it from /tmp? The /tmp directory gets cleared at every startup I believe, but what if I want to remove the /tmp ecryptfs directory without rebooting? I can't just delete the folder because it's read-only.
Is there some way to unmount the directory, or is restarting the only option?
mount encryption home-directory ecryptfs tmp
mount encryption home-directory ecryptfs tmp
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asked May 13 '17 at 13:53
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Even if you had remounted the directory as read-write, you still wouldn't want to delete the directory, or you would be erasing the files in your home directory.
I believe what you're looking for is the either the ecryptfs-umount-private or unmount.ecryptfs_private command. Be sure to read the warning in the synopsis for that second command.
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Even if you had remounted the directory as read-write, you still wouldn't want to delete the directory, or you would be erasing the files in your home directory.
I believe what you're looking for is the either the ecryptfs-umount-private or unmount.ecryptfs_private command. Be sure to read the warning in the synopsis for that second command.
answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
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Even if you had remounted the directory as read-write, you still wouldn't want to delete the directory, or you would be erasing the files in your home directory.
I believe what you're looking for is the either the ecryptfs-umount-private or unmount.ecryptfs_private command. Be sure to read the warning in the synopsis for that second command.
answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
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Even if you had remounted the directory as read-write, you still wouldn't want to delete the directory, or you would be erasing the files in your home directory.
I believe what you're looking for is the either the ecryptfs-umount-private or unmount.ecryptfs_private command. Be sure to read the warning in the synopsis for that second command.
answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
b_laoshi
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Even if you had remounted the directory as read-write, you still wouldn't want to delete the directory, or you would be erasing the files in your home directory.
I believe what you're looking for is the either the ecryptfs-umount-private or unmount.ecryptfs_private command. Be sure to read the warning in the synopsis for that second command.
answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
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answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
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answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
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answered May 22 '17 at 5:50
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