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| + | '''Installing EncFS'''<br> | ||
| + | Become root first:<br> | ||
| + | su<br> | ||
| + | EncFS can then be installed as follows:<br> | ||
| + | yum install fuse-encfs<br> | ||
| + | Exit the root shell:<br> | ||
| + | exit<br> | ||
| + | You should now take a look at the EncFS man page to familiarize yourself with its options:<br> | ||
| + | man encfs<br><br> | ||
| + | '''Using EncFS'''<br> | ||
| + | I will now create the directories encrypted and decrypted in my home directory:<br><br> | ||
| + | mkdir -p ~/encrypted<br> | ||
| + | mkdir -p ~/decrypted<Br> | ||
| + | The decrypted directory acts as the mount point for the encrypted directory. To mount ~/encrypted to ~/decrypted, simply run:<br> | ||
| + | encfs ~/encrypted ~/decrypted<br> | ||
| + | To chage the password :<br> | ||
| + | encfsctl passwd ~/encrypted<br><br> | ||
| + | To unmount EncFS decrypted folder, enter:<br> | ||
| + | $ fusermount -u ~/decrypted-folder <enter><br> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:05, 6 December 2014
http://www.howtoforge.com/encrypt-your-data-with-encfs-fedora-17
Installing EncFS
Become root first:
su
EncFS can then be installed as follows:
yum install fuse-encfs
Exit the root shell:
exit
You should now take a look at the EncFS man page to familiarize yourself with its options:
man encfs
Using EncFS
I will now create the directories encrypted and decrypted in my home directory:
mkdir -p ~/encrypted
mkdir -p ~/decrypted
The decrypted directory acts as the mount point for the encrypted directory. To mount ~/encrypted to ~/decrypted, simply run:
encfs ~/encrypted ~/decrypted
To chage the password :
encfsctl passwd ~/encrypted
To unmount EncFS decrypted folder, enter:
$ fusermount -u ~/decrypted-folder <enter>
