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

# ecryptfs-verify(1)

validate an eCryptfs encrypted home or encrypted private configuration

## NAME

ecryptfs-verify - validate an eCryptfs encrypted home or encrypted private configuration

## SYNOPSIS

**ecryptfs-verify** \[-h\|--home\] \[-p\|--private\] \[-e\|--filenames-encrypted\] \[-n\|--filenames-not-encrypted\] \[-u\|--user USER\] \[--help\]

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --home**

  True if HOME is correctly configured for encryption, False otherwise

- **-p, --private**

  True if a non-HOME directory is correctly configured for encryption, False otherwise

- **-e, --filenames-encrypted**

  True if filenames are set for encryption, False otherwise

- **-n, --filenames-not-encrypted**

  True if filenames are not encrypted, False otherwise

- **-u, --user USER**

  By default, the current user's configuration is checked, override with this option

- **--help**

  This usage information

## DESCRIPTION

Note that options are additive.  ALL checks must pass in order for this program to exit 0.  Any failing check will cause this program to exit non-zero.

## SEE ALSO

*http://ecryptfs.org/*

## AUTHOR

This manpage 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.