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I have problems setting up filesystem encryption (I'll be honest, it's a bit too complicated for me). Is there a feature like EFS from Windows where I can simply encrypt directory and/or files?
Kingbird
Posted 2019-09-23T16:25:22.287
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You might want to give EncFS a try:
EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs with regular user permissions using the FUSE library. EncFS is Open Source software.
Basic usage:
$ encfs ~/.encrypted_data ~/clear_data
That will create a ~/.encrypted_data and will mount the unencrypted version as ~/clear_data (your user needs to be in the fuse group)
You only interact with ~/clear_data, and everything in that mount will be encrypted in the real directory ~/.encrypted_data
Once you are done, you can remove the unencrypted mount with:
fusermount -u ~/clear_data
Eduardo Trápani
Posted 2019-09-23T16:25:22.287
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The technology exists, but I'm unaware of a user-friendly way to do it. This answer might get you part of the way there, but the instructions it links to specifically work only for encrypting the home drive.
– jpaugh – 2019-09-23T16:28:42.253Might also want to take a look at this (for non-rotational drive): https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332554/how-to-f2fs-filesystem-encryption
– Tom Yan – 2019-09-23T16:35:26.477https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/ecryptfs.html provides information in encrypting any filesystem you wish, and https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-encrypt-directories-with-ecryptfs-on-ubuntu-16-04/ describes how to encrypt a specific directory, its files, and directories and files beneath. – K7AAY – 2019-09-23T17:16:25.717
Thank you very much everyone. I'll read those and try them in a VM first :) – Kingbird – 2019-09-23T17:17:57.560
Take a look at Plasma Vaults. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-create-an-encrypted-vault-with-kde-vaults/
– Johan Myréen – 2019-09-23T18:36:59.100