On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:10:14 +1000 Leo Subscriptions <llsub...@zudiewiener.com> wrote: | Not sure how the files would be created | | I've create a soft link to (encrypted) .mozilla ages ago and never | really had any problems when executing showcruft. | | I guess my questions are: | | 1) are the files listed 'pointing' to the real file in .Trash? | 2) could I just delete them, given they are 'trashed'? |
The files are just that files. Encfs can not handle them so will not even list them in the decrypted directory it mounts. You can just delete them ( NOT THE ".encfs" file ) (Read everything below before you do) However if you want to be sure you can use encfsctl decode .personal_encfs encrypted_file_path with the directory the file is in to see what the name of the unencrypted directory is that the files are in. EG: encfsctl decode .personal_encfs 4IsnEojEtIQTghQ-ve7L2PPw/Y7hgffwS3xnUrea9YTfv0tv9/46zZcE9cZgeof-,FOidDOLP5/5Z9,JFOEziqVEWpmNcxYoEQD/Obj51dkkGdXFU933YviKKkzC will tell you the name of the directory the 'unknown' files are located in. This may give you a clue as to what they should be! However a "ls" in that unencrypted directory will not show those files (because they are unknown 'cruft' in encfs). If you have two 'file manager' windows open to both versions of the directory, while you add and remove files in the unencrypted directory, you should see encrypted files appear/disappear from the encrypted directory. That would let you know you really are looking in the equivalent directory. If you remove all the the 'known' unencrypted files to some other directory (to save them), those 'known' files will be removed from the encrypted directory. When you have moved all 'known' files so the unencrypted directory is empty, you should only have the 'cruft' files left in the unencrypted directory as EncFS does not understand them. Those files are now easily removed and junked. That is the 'safe' --double check -- way. Of course you could have just deleted them directly too! Though that still begs the question as to why they were created! As I said, I make interleaved EncFS directories so one encfs may not decrypt all files in a specific directory. I also create completely fake EncFS directories. They look like EncFS but the data is encrypted in different ways as a method of storing other information, in my case storing 'encryption keys' for my real EncFS directories :-) If anyone likes more information on this see My EncFS hints and Tips... http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/info/crypto/encfs.hints and also my KS (key store) script http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/software/#ks and the closely related encrypt (AES) script http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/software/#encrypt Comments are welcome. Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <a.thys...@griffith.edu.au> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone has Secrets -- Dr Gregory House, "House M.D." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony's Castle http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Encfs-users mailing list Encfs-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/encfs-users
