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eCryptfs is a cryptographic stacked Linux filesystem. eCryptfs
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stores cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written,
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so that encrypted files can be copied between hosts; the file will be
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decrypted with the proper key in the Linux kernel keyring. There is no
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need to keep track of any additional information aside from what is
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already in the encrypted file itself. You may think of eCryptfs as a
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sort of "gnupgfs", or "gnupg as a filesystem".
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On Slackware, the Slackbuild script does not install the mount helper
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binaries into /sbin, but to /usr/sbin. Because of this, using `mount
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-t ecryptfs` won't work, and you must call the `[u]mount.ecryptfs*`
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binaries explicitly.
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For an unprivileged user to use the `[u]mount.ecryptfs_private`
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executables, it is necessary to set the suid bit on them, which the
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Slackbuild script also does not do.
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