I created 2 test folders:
mkdir /home/oshiro/Desktop/encrypted
mkdir /home/oshiro/Desktop/decrypted
oshiro@debian:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 oshiro oshiro 4096 Feb 15 20:34 decrypted
drwxr-xr-x 2 oshiro oshiro 4096 Feb 15 20:33 encrypted
I installed encfs:
sudo aptitude install encfs
I then tried using encfs with the 2 folders I created above:
oshiro@debian:~/Desktop$ encfs /home/oshiro/Desktop/encrypted /home/oshiro/Desktop/decrypted
Creating new encrypted volume.
Please choose from one of the following options:
enter "x" for expert configuration mode,
enter "p" for pre-configured paranoia mode,
anything else, or an empty line will select standard mode.
?> p
Paranoia configuration selected.
Configuration finished. The filesystem to be created has
the following properties:
Filesystem cypher: "ssl/aes", version 3:0:2
Filename encoding: "nameio/block", version 3:0:1
Key Size: 256 bits
Block Size: 1024 bytes, including 8 byte MAC header
Each file contains 8 byte header with unique IV data.
Filenames encoded using IV chaining mode.
File data IV is chained to filename IV.
File holes passed through to ciphertext.
New Encfs Password:
Verify Encfs Password:
But then I got this error:
fuse: failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied
fuse failed. Common problems:
- fuse kernel module not installed (modprobe fuse)
- invalid options -- see usage message
oshiro@debian:~/Desktop$
I've configured encfs on Ubuntu 12.04 without any issues, I had an issue on CentOS 6.5 which I corrected by running:
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/fusermount
but that was for a slightly different error message. I tried the same command on Debian 7.4, but it made no difference. Anyone know how to get this to work?
