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I use encfs to encrypt some data in my dropbox directory. Everything works well. For simplicity let's assume that i have created the directories ~/encrypted and ~/decrypted. Every time I log in into my linux account ~/decrypted will automatically be mounted. Is there a way to avoid this and force the user (me in my case) to enter the password before ~/decrypted can be mounted?

I use Linux Mint 17.3 with Cinnamon. I imagined that my encrypted folder is unmounted all the time except when want to access it. Then a little dialog could appear where I have to enter my password.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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  • What distribution are you using, what version, and what desktop environment? – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Oct 30 '16 at 22:48
  • Sorry for not answering. I use Linux mint 17.3 with cinnamon. I imagined that my encrypted folder is unmounted all the time except when want to access it. Then a little dialog could appear where i habe to enter my password – ooorndtski Nov 09 '16 at 18:55
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    How do you even "automatically mount" an encfs directory? That's not a part of standard functionality. Are you sure you are even talking about `encfs` specifically here? Maybe you are using some other tool? – Cray Sep 15 '19 at 08:00

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