1. NAME▲

libntfs - library for accessing and managing NTFS volumes

2. OVERVIEW ▲

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

3. 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.

4. AUTHORS ▲

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

5. 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/

6. SEE ALSO ▲

R ntfsprogs (8),

R libntfs-gnomevfs (8)