---
name: "mount.ecryptfs"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ecryptfs-utils"
version: "111-9"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mount.ecryptfs"
---

# mount.ecryptfs(8)

eCryptfs mount helper.

## NAME

mount.ecryptfs - eCryptfs mount helper.

## SYNOPSIS

**mount -t ecryptfs** \[*lower directory*\] \[*ecryptfs mount point*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**mount.ecryptfs** is eCryptfs mount helper. The mount utility will defer to the mount helper to perform various configuration tasks; use the -i option to bypass the mount helper if you would rather manually specify your mount options. To mount eCryptfs, specify the lower directory (i.e., /root/crypt) for the encrypted files and the eCryptfs mountpoint (i.e., /mnt/crypt) for the decrypted view of the files:

*mount -t ecryptfs /root/crypt /mnt/crypt*

## SEE ALSO

- [**ecryptfs**(7)](/ecryptfs/7.md), [**ecryptfsd**(8)](/ecryptfsd/8.md), [**ecryptfs-manager**(8)](/ecryptfs-manager/8.md), [**mount**(8)](/mount/8.md)

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

  - *http://ecryptfs.org/*

  ## AUTHOR

This manpage was written by William Lima \<wlima.amadeus@gmail.com\> for the Ubuntu system (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.