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Questions tagged [encfs]

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Use EncFS to encrypt files so that a particular user or process can access them, but root cannot

I have a process which I would like to have access to an encrypted file system. This is very easy to do with EncFS, but this requires a user mounting the encrypted file system, therefore giving any user who has access to the mounting user access to…
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encfs with expect access denied

If I execute script #!/usr/bin/expect set pass [lindex $argv 0] spawn encfs -v {CRIPT_DIR} {MNT_DIR} -o nonempty expect "*EncFS Password:*" send "$pass\r" expect eof expect script output: zz@zz-com:/media/truecrypt5/mmm$./e.sh 1 spawn encfs -v…
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How to decrypt single EncFS encrypted files?

Is it possible to decrypt single EncFS encrypted files with access to .encfs6.xml configuration file and without the proper directory structure it was created? With a little help from google I found this comment on a blog…
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Encrypt a single file and read/edit on-the-fly

I have a single text file I want to encrypt. I can easily do so with any common software. But then, I want to be able to click on it, provide a password, and be able to read, edit, and close it. All from the GUI, which should be KDE-compatible, and…
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How to password protect a directory in linux? without zipping, changing file permission or encrypting?

I'm a user on a public Linux server. We have a public shared folder which all users can use. I want to create a folder that I only want a few users to access. This can be done in the following ways: Create a group of users you want to provide…
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Where is encfs password stored

How and where does encfs store the password for an encrypted directory? I understand that encfs uses encfs6.xml to store the actual decryption key encoded using the password. I also understand that encfs6.xml is the only file required for…
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Can I decrypt EncFS files without the .encfs6.xml?

This actually happened on Mac OS X, but I believe I can get the answer here rather than on http://apple.stackexchange.com I have a directory encrypted with encfs. I accidentally deleted .encfs6.xml from there. Now when I want to mount this…
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Files lost by encfs

I recently used the software encfs in my ubuntu 18.04 laptop. I created a new stash using the same software in my desktop. I would like to list the steps.... I created a new stash (using green plus) in my desktop with same name (Desktop) and a…
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Recover encfs folder password

Is it possible that a chown or any other rights access (delete, write, read, etc) makes the encryption bugs? Yesterday, I have encrypted a folder with encfs on Linux Mint. Today i tried to open it with the password and it tolds me that the password…
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Don't store the encfs password, require explicit mounting

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…
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Forgot encfs password

I followed the guide here: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/encrypt-your-private-dropbox-data-with.html to get dropbox encfs working on my first computer. I disabled the syncing of the encryption key. so I copied it manually from the 1st computer to…
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Problem with encrypting /var/www and ikiwiki

I tried to encrypt /var/www with encfs. To do so I did following: mv /var/www /var/www.bak mkdir /var/www_enc encfs --public /var/www_enc /var/www cp -a /var/www.bak/* /var/www/ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart I tried it with my local ikiwiki…
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FUSE mount from udev gives "Transport endpoint is not connected", fine as root

I have a udev rule that mounts my encfs encrypted backup disk: ACTION=="add",KERNEL=="sd*1",ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="Seagate_GoFlex_Desk_NA0MEYKM-0:0" ,SYMLINK="ext_hd",RUN+="/root/bin/mount.encfs 'Large Backup Drive' /dev/%k" The contents of mount.encfs…
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Automount with autofs, encfs and keyring access

I have build myself a nice setup: I have encrypted encfs folders that are mountable with autofs, i.e. when I enter the folders they will be automatically decrypted. I have the encfs password added to my keyring and wrote a custom script that…
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encfs automount and authorized_keys

Here's my problem: I have encfs configured in such a way that on login the subfolder ./private is mounted. However, when I use the workstation remotely via ssh, I don't give my password on login, because I connect from a trusted laptop whose public…
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