Hi,
I'm using EncFS in reverse mode to keep an encrypted rsync'd backup on
a remote harddrive. This email began as a question, but I answered my
question as I wrote...so I pass this along for the possible benefit of
others searching the internet for how to do the same. It's probably
documented somewhere on the web, but somehow I couldn't find all the
pieces in one convenient place.
% mkdir /tmp/backup_encrypt
% encfs --reverse /home/me /tmp/backup_encrypt
[...]
% rsync -av --delete /tmp/backup_encrypt/ /externaldrive/backup_enc
% fusermount -u /tmp/backup_encrypt
% cp /home/me/.encfs6.xml /externaldrive/backup_enc
Now I see all the encrypted files in the /externaldrive/backup_enc
directory, and I can keep that directory up to date with rsync. To
view the files decrypted:
% mkdir /tmp/backup_decrypt
% encfs /externaldrive/backup_enc/ /tmp/backup_decrypt
EncFS Password:
[...]
% cd /tmp/backup_decrypt
[ view decrypted files, etc. ]
% fusermount -u /tmp/backup_decrypt
(It was the copying of ~/.encfs6.xml to /externaldrive/backup_enc that
had me stumped.)
I plan to wrap this up in a script, any suggestions or comments are
welcome.
Regards,
John
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