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authorJakob Unterwurzacher2021-09-10 12:14:19 +0200
committerJakob Unterwurzacher2021-09-10 12:14:19 +0200
commitd023cd6c95fcbc6b5056ba1f425d2ac3df4abc5a (patch)
tree8e5df3a175b183f0db989a9d8f940a3c5c7434b0 /Documentation
parentc974116322f057a36ffb0b2ec0338b7f60872773 (diff)
cli: drop -forcedecode flag
The rewritten openssl backend does not support this flag anymore, and it was inherently dangerour. Drop it (ignored for compatibility)
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@@ -256,21 +256,8 @@ of a case where this may be useful is a situation where content is stored on a
filesystem that doesn't properly support UNIX ownership and permissions.
#### -forcedecode
-Force decode of encrypted files even if the integrity check fails, instead of
-failing with an IO error. Warning messages are still printed to syslog if corrupted
-files are encountered.
-It can be useful to recover files from disks with bad sectors or other corrupted
-media. It shall not be used if the origin of corruption is unknown, specially
-if you want to run executable files.
-For corrupted media, note that you probably want to use dd_rescue(1)
-instead, which will recover all but the corrupted 4kB block.
-
-This option makes no sense in reverse mode. It requires gocryptfs to be compiled with openssl
-support and implies -openssl true. Because of this, it is not compatible with -aessiv,
-that uses built-in Go crypto.
-
-Setting this option forces the filesystem to read-only and noexec.
+Obsolete and ignored on gocryptfs v2.2 and later.
#### -fsname string
Override the filesystem name (first column in df -T). Can also be