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ecryptfs-utils package

encrypt using private/public key pair

Asked by ahgu

Is it possible to encrypt using a public key and decrypt using a private key?
Or I can only use a public key like password?

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Rusty Shackleford (shackleford071250) said : 		#1

Are you attempting to encrypt an user's home directory or just a subfolder? Are you wanting it to manually mount it or have it automount on login?

I think it is possible to use public/private keys - the underlying encryption however is done with randomly generated file encryption keys which in turn are encrypted with a master key generated from a password protected passphrase or possibly mechanism such as public key cryptography.

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