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HOWTO create a safe directory to store files in a secure way at run- and downtime. |
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Chapter Installation of Encfs. |
Of course FUSE should be installed. Look at this example to do this.
Installation is very straight forward:
tar -xzf encfs-*.tar.gz cd encfs-* configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/sbin make make install |
After installation you can test if it works:
mkdir -p ~/test/encrypted mkdir -p ~/test/decrypted encfs ~/test/encrypted ~/test/decrypted mount (should show the just created mount) echo "This is very secret." > ~/test/decrypted/testfile |
The directory encrypted contains the encrypted files, and remains on the harddisk after unmounting and/or shutting down.
The directory decrypted is the interface to it, and disappears when unmounted and/or shutting down.
The file testfile should appear in the decrypted directory, and in encrypted form
in the encrypted directory. Name and content of the file are encrypted.
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