On Sun, 21 May 2017 18:50:50 +0200, Simon Thelen wrote: > On 17-05-21 at 08:41, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2017-05-21 09:51, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > Why are you using encfs with the associated FUSE baggage when > > > ecryptfs is in the kernel and performs the same function? > > Is ecryptfs behind the scenes when I run /sbin/cryptsetup ? > No, ecryptfs is a stacked filesystem (filesystem layered on a > filesystem) that handles encryption on a file-by-file basis
Which is also what encfs does, which is why I suggested it as a more appropriate alternative. But ecryptfs does in in the kernel not userspace. ecryptfs can be very simple to use, but Ubuntu's implementation of it to encrypt home directories does indeed seem "complex and opaque". -- Neil Bothwick ... "Yummy," said Pooh, as he hilted his paw into the "honeypot".
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