A bit more info perms - just to show that my user has the correct permissions and group membership. This occurs if I stick to root, too.
verbose - adding -vf flags to the encfs invocation gives a few more lines of output, but doesn't shed any light for me, at least. -- Jon Dowland
Script started on Tue 12 Dec 2006 20:15:39 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ groups jon dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev fuse [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ ls -l /dev/fuse [00mcrw-rw---- 1 root fuse 10, 229 2006-12-11 23:05 [40;33;01m/dev/fuse[00m [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ Script done on Tue 12 Dec 2006 20:15:50 GMT
Script started on Tue 12 Dec 2006 20:13:38 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ mkdir front [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ mkdir back [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ encfs -fv $(pwd)/{back.fropnt[K[K[K[K[K[K[K,front} [32m20:13:50[0m (main.cpp:636) Root directory: /home/jon/encfs_exp/back/ [32m20:13:50[0m (main.cpp:637) Fuse arguments: (fg) (threaded) (keyCheck) encfs /home/jon/encfs_exp/front -f -s -o use_ino -o default_permissions 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. ?> Standard configuration selected. [32m20:13:52[0m (SSL_Cipher.cpp:322) allocated cipher ssl/blowfish, keySize 20, ivlength 8 [32m20:13:52[0m (FileUtils.cpp:897) Using cipher Blowfish, key size 160, block size 512 Configuration finished. The filesystem to be created has the following properties: [32m20:13:52[0m (Interface.cpp:165) checking if ssl/aes(2:1:1) implements ssl/blowfish(2:1:1) [32m20:13:52[0m (Interface.cpp:165) checking if ssl/blowfish(2:1:1) implements ssl/blowfish(2:1:1) [32m20:13:52[0m (SSL_Cipher.cpp:322) allocated cipher ssl/blowfish, keySize 20, ivlength 8 Filesystem cipher: "ssl/blowfish", version 2:1:1 [32m20:13:52[0m (Interface.cpp:165) checking if nameio/block(3:0:1) implements nameio/block(3:0:1) Filename encoding: "nameio/block", version 3:0:1 [32m20:13:52[0m (Interface.cpp:165) checking if ssl/aes(2:1:1) implements ssl/blowfish(2:1:1) [32m20:13:52[0m (Interface.cpp:165) checking if ssl/blowfish(2:1:1) implements ssl/blowfish(2:1:1) [32m20:13:52[0m (SSL_Cipher.cpp:322) allocated cipher ssl/blowfish, keySize 20, ivlength 8 Key Size: 160 bits Block Size: 512 bytes Each file contains 8 byte header with unique IV data. Filenames encoded using IV chaining mode. Now you will need to enter a password for your filesystem. You will need to remember this password, as there is absolutely no recovery mechanism. However, the password can be changed later using encfsctl. [32m20:13:52[0m (main.cpp:423) Allocating 39 locks for OpenSSL [32m20:13:52[0m (FileUtils.cpp:948) useStdin: 0 New Encfs Password: Verify Encfs Password: [32m20:13:55[0m (Interface.cpp:165) checking if nameio/block(3:0:1) implements nameio/block(3:0:1) fuse: writing device: Invalid argument [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/encfs_exp$ Script done on Tue 12 Dec 2006 20:14:56 GMT