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Questions tagged [encfs]

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"Input/output errors" using encfs folder inside Dropbox folder

I have a 200 gig Encfs encrypted file system living in my Dropbox and being accessed by multiple machines, and I've never had any problems with it until now. I moved about 10 gigs of data around on one (ubuntu) computer X, and 2 days later when the…
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How to encrypt existing files with encfs

Encfs documentation explains how to create two new folders (raw storage and mounted folder). Once a new file is created in the mounted folder, it is automatically encrypted and saved to the raw storage. I want to encrypt existing files in a…
Alex
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Use private keys only from ssh-agent, avoiding "Too many authentication failures"

I store all my private keys encrypted in encfs file. I mount (decrypt) encfs file to folder, add all private keys to ssh-agent with a lifetime flag and unmount folder. In this case my private key files kept encrypted and I could access them through…
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Is it possible to make encfs mount point unwritable when not mounted?

I am using encfs and I've been quite happy with it so far, but I have one issue that can be somewhat annoying. Say my favourite mount point is ~/encfsmnt. My problem is that if my encfs isn't mounted yet that is non-obvious. I may wind up happily…
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Error: encfs has been disabled because it requires FUSE

I'm trying to install and run command in macOS Catalina 10.15.7: brew install encfs but getting error below Error: encfs has been disabled because it requires FUSE! or Error: homebrew/fuse was deprecated. This tap is now empty and all its contents…
Winfield Ylagan
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Multi-user cross-platform client-side on-disk encryption with a SMB/AFS NAS?

I have an old Lacie 5big NAS that does not support encryption. It speaks SMB, AFS and FTP. I'm looking for a way to store encrypted data on the NAS, at the same time it should be accessible by multiple users. Some of the users use Linux, some use…
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Private encfs mount (limited access per-process)

How to restrict access to an encfs mount to (a) specific process(es)? By default, encfs is visible only to the current user (except when using the --public option). Running encfs as another user has the drawback of being prone to permission issues,…
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encfs mysql datadir: Errcode: 13

I'm using encfs to encode the /var/lib/mysql data directory, but mysql returns Errcode: 13 at any attemp of create tables or databases. To do so, I moved all files to a temporary dir, created the encfs and move the temporary contents to the new…
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Install EncFS on Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8)

I use EncFS to encrypt my files. So far, I've been using the installer provided by BoxCryptor. It packs EncFS 1.7.4, MacFuse and MacFusion in one installer and works nicely on Mountain Lion. But MacFuse is not actively developed and most people…
Martin Preusse
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Use homebrew to install encfs on macOS?

I'd like to use homebrew to install encfs on macOS. Ideally, this would look like: brew install macfuse brew install encfs As of macOS 12/Monterey, the first command works, but the second one does not, yielding†: $ brew install encfs Error: encfs…
Clay Bridges
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No mounting point in /etc/mtab when using encfs from within apache2

I've written a webpage that lets me remotely mount an encfs encrypted folder, which is then accessible via WebDAV. It's basically just a password form with a mount / unmount button, which tries to mount / unmount a predefined encfs encrypted drive…
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Can anyone decrypt files when 2 copies present on EncFS?

Can anyone clarify this conclusion in the audit on EncFS: 'EncFS is probably safe as long as the adversary only gets one copy of the ciphertext and nothing more. EncFS is not safe if the adversary has the opportunity to see two or more snapshots of…
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fuse + encfs, can mount but cannot unmount with fusermount

I created two directories in home, and mounted them with default configurations with encfs. That worked well enough, the file system is mounted and encrypted fine. The odd part now is that I cannot unmount it without elevated privileges, with…
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How can I get Dropbox not to sync a particular folder that doesn't have read permissions?

I am using Dropbox 2.4.10 on OS X. I use Spotlight with an encfs-encrypted folder inside my Dropbox, which is mounted with the -o local option to get it to work on OS X 10.9 (see here). As a result, Spotlight puts a .Spotlight-V100 directory inside…
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How can I store encfs6.xml in another location (and still make it detectable)?

How can I make encfs4win search for the encfs6 file in another location? I tried modifying the encfs_mount.cmd file at the end, like so: set ENCFS6_CONFIG=c:/test1/.encfs6.xml %pathtoencfs%encfs -f -v -d "%crypt%" "%decrypt%" where crypt =…
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