File Encryption

24.04.2

fscrypt is available for encrypting directories on ext4 filesystems but not officialy supported.

22.04.5

fscrypt is available for encrypting directories on ext4 filesystems but not officialy supported.

20.04.6

fscrypt is available for encrypting directories on ext4 filesystems but not officialy supported.

18.04.6

Encrypted Home directories are no longer supported.

Encrypted Private directories using eCryptfs are no longer supported.

fscrypt is available for encrypting directories on ext4 filesystems but not officialy supported.

16.04.7

Encrypted Home directories are supported.

Encrypted Private directories using eCryptfs are supported.

14.04.6

Encrypted Home directories are supported.

Encrypted Private directories using eCryptfs are supported.

Encrypted Private Directories were introduced in Ubuntu 8.10 using eCryptfs, allowing users to store sensitive data securely.

• Ubuntu 9.04 introduced Encrypted home directories

• Support for Encrypted Private and Encrypted Home directories was dropped in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

• Encrypted directories can still be set up manually using ecryptfs-setup-private.