Thanks Joe. I'm a bit confused now. I played around the program before and after encryption and this is what i got:
# disk usage before unmount 809M test/crypt 809M test/raw-crypt 1.6G test/ 1.6G total # disk usage after unmount 4.0K test/crypt 809M test/raw-crypt 809M test/ 809M total I added a movie file into crypt then unmount it. Thats why I said it is increasing/decreasing. Please correct me if im wrong. -- Best Regards Bibs M QOTD: Celebrate Hannibal Day this year. Take an elephant to lunch. Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > bibs mendez writes: > >> Hi guys first time subscriber here :-) >> >> I have an external usb HD i split formatted to ntfs & ext3 of equal >> size. For the latter i intend to store movie files. Whats the best >> approach to encrypt this ext3 partition? I mean the basic encfs command >> requires 2 parameters e.g. the crypted and mount directories so i reckon >> if the mount dir grows to a big size does the crypted dir grows as >> well? >> > > No, it doesn't. The unencrypted directory never actually has anything > in it; any attempts to read and write it get passed through to the > encrypted directory where all the data actually lives. > > >> I'm thinking something like: >> >> encfs ~/.crypt /absolute/path/to/ext3/usb/hd >> > > This will keep all the data on your home directory and leave your usb > drive empty; it'll just "look" like that's where the files are. > > >> I have about over 80Gb of movie files and growing and my /home folder is >> limited in size. I dont know if this is sensible solution or make encfs >> parameters pointing to the usb HD. Please advise. >> > > Make the parameters point to the usb hd. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Encfs-users mailing list Encfs-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/encfs-users
