[Encfs-users] filename encrypting issue with special characters on Mac OS X

[koendepr...@gmail.com]

Dear list,

I'm having filename encoding problems with EncFS 1.5 on my Mac OS X
10.5 using MacFUSE 2.0.3.

When I create files in Terminal with filenames that contain "special
characters" from the Latin character sets (i.e. é, ñ), Finder is
unable to open them ("The document "test-ñ.txt" could not be opened.
The file does not exist.").

Strangely, filenames that contain Cyrillic or characters from other
exotic character sets don't have this problem; so only Latin special
characters.

This is only a problem when creating these files with Terminal. If you
create such files with Finder itself, there is no problem.

I created a regular paranoia mode EncFS drive; I tested other options
and that made no difference. Only not encrypting the filenames "fixed"
the problem, but I need the filename encryption of course.

Hope you can help me,

-Koen

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Re: [Encfs-users] Configuration File Location

[koendepr...@gmail.com]

I also have need to be able to specify the location of .encfs6.xml.

Thank you,
-Koen

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Anthony Thyssen  wrote:
> I would prefer to move the .encfs6.xml file somewhere else completely
> separate to the actual encrypted data.  That is I would like to be able
> to specify both the configuration file (from say a USB) and a typed in
> password, to decrypt a EncFS file system.
>
> In a previous release you could use an environment variable
> "ENCFS5_CONFIG" to specify the location of the configuration file to
> use.  But the man pages makes no mention of such a environment variable
> in the new version.  Nor does their appear to be a option to specify it.
>
> So other than making a temporary symbolic link to its real location
> while it is being used, is their any of specifying the location of the
> config file to use?
>
> If a symbolic link is needed, is it only needed during the mount
> process, or does it have to be permanentally available?  That is can
> I unplug my USB after the file system has been mounted?
>
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