Using a prefix (and therefore without root access), is there any way
of creating/mounting an encrypted file system (e.g. on a USB stick)?

Regards

Jeff

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Jeffrey Ratcliffe <jeffrey.ratcliffe@gmail.com> wrote:


Using a prefix (and therefore without root access), is there any way

of creating/mounting an encrypted file system (e.g. on a USB stick)?



Regards



Jeff



can you explain what is prefix?
I'm using encfs as regular user.
You run:
encfs /mnt/usbkey/my_enc_dir /home/jeff/usbenc

Regards,
Kfir

On 6 May 2011 05:15, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@gmail.com> wrote:
> can you explain what is prefix?

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/

> I'm using encfs as regular user.
> You run:
> encfs /mnt/usbkey/my_enc_dir /home/jeff/usbenc

Thanks. I'll give it a go.

Regards

Jeff

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Jeffrey Ratcliffe <jeffrey.ratcliffe@gmail.com> wrote:


On 6 May 2011 05:15, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@gmail.com> wrote:

> can you explain what is prefix?



http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/



> I'm using encfs as regular user.

> You run:

> encfs /mnt/usbkey/my_enc_dir /home/jeff/usbenc



Thanks. I'll give it a go.



Regards



Jeff



Ok,
now I understand.
You will need the support of fuse on the kernel.
What OS this Gentoo Prefix resides on ?
If the mother OS is Linux, you will not have much trouble.
Just make sure to load the 'fuse' module before using encfs.



Kfir