---
name: "ecryptfs-mount-private"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ecryptfs-utils"
version: "111-9"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ecryptfs-mount-private"
---

# ecryptfs-mount-private(1)

interactive eCryptfs private mount wrapper script.

## NAME

ecryptfs-mount-private - interactive eCryptfs private mount wrapper script.

## SYNOPSIS

**ecryptfs-mount-private**

## DESCRIPTION

**ecryptfs-mount-private** is a wrapper script for the **mount.ecryptfs\_private** utility that will interactively prompt for the user's login password, if necessary.

## FILES

*~/.Private* - underlying directory containing encrypted data

*~/Private* - mountpoint containing decrypted data (when mounted)

*~/.ecryptfs/Private.sig* - file containing signature of mountpoint passphrase

*~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase* - file containing the wrapped passphrase

*~/.ecryptfs/wrapping-independent* - this file exists if the wrapping passphrase is independent from login passphrase

## SEE ALSO

- [**mount.ecryptfs\_private**(1)](/mount.ecryptfs_private/1.md), [**ecryptfs-umount-private**(1)](/ecryptfs-umount-private/1.md)

  - */usr/share/doc/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-faq.html*

  - *http://ecryptfs.org/*

  ## AUTHOR

This manpage and the **ecryptfs-mount-private** utility was written by Dustin Kirkland \<kirkland@ubuntu.com\> 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.