libntfs (8) - Linux Manuals

libntfs: library for accessing and managing NTFS volumes

NAME

libntfs - library for accessing and managing NTFS volumes

OVERVIEW

libntfs is GPL licensed library for accessing and managing NTFS volumes. It is used by ntfsprogs and some other projects.

ACCESSING ENCRYPTED FILES

Programs that uses libntfs can transparently access encrypted files on NTFS volumes if libntfs was compiled with --enable-crypto option (it depends on libgcrypt, GNU TLS and libconfig) and user wrote configuration file. Configuration file should be placed in /etc/libntfs/config or $(HOME)/.libntfs/config and contain list of .PFX key files (see ntfsprogs-<version>/libntfs/config in ntfsprogs source tarball for sample configuration file). Key files can be created/exported using cipher tool under windows.

AUTHORS

libntfs was written by Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon, Szabolcs Szakacsits, Yuval Fledel and Yura Pakhuchiy.

AVAILABILITY

The ntfsprogs can be downloaded from:
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37

These manual pages can be viewed online at:
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/