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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××.be>
To: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Encryption questions
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:11:37
Message-Id: XORPEW5N.7SFIILMG.7OL7TENT@VXZJ7R2M.CQIKXBFR.6OENCN5X
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Encryption questions by Dale
1 I use encfs (see github.com/vgough/encfs)
2 It's in the portage tree.
3
4 Here is my private Readme
5
6 # Neither .Secret nor Secret should contain data before creation !!!
7
8 # CREATION (only once)
9 e.g.
10 encfs -i 10 --ondemand --extpass=x11-ssh-askpass `pwd`/.Secret
11 `pwd`/Secret
12
13 or more simply in an XTerm
14 encfs `pwd`/.Secret `pwd`/Secret
15
16 ================
17 # USAGE
18
19 encfs [-i idle[minutes]] [--ondemand] --extpass=x11-ssh-askpass <TRUE
20 FS> <MountPoint>
21
22 e.g.
23 encfs -i 10 --ondemand --extpass=x11-ssh-askpass ~/.Secret ~/Secret
24
25 or more simply in an XTerm : (>>> always use the full path of both
26 folders)
27
28 encfs ~/.Secret ~/Secret
29
30
31 =========
32 After Usage
33 =========
34
35 fusermount -u ~/Secret
36
37 If you shut down the machine you don't need to do fusermount -u.
38
39
40 BackUP : ~/.Secret and remember password (e.g. using
41 app-admin/keepassxc)
42
43 Important Note :
44
45 ENCFS does not hide the length and modification date/time of a file
46 If that matter you can archive several file in a tar-file before
47 encryption.