This small script will allow you to create, mount and unmount encfs directories on the fly.
As the need for encryption seems to rise all the time, usable solutions always come in handy.
You can create a safe storage for sensible data quickly and easily with this script.
All you need to do to is to install encfs with your distrubutions package manager and adjust the tiny CONFIG section to your needs.
The script will take care of the rest (hopefully).
Comments welcome.
#!/bin/bash # # VAULT # DR 20140624 # https://www.daniel-ritter.de/blog/vault-create-and-mount-encfs-encrypted-directories-on-the-fly # # # CREATE AND MOUNT ENCFS ENCRYPTED DIRECTORIES ON THE FLY # # ENCFS NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED (apt-get install encfs for Debian/Ubuntu) # ADJUST CONFIG SECTION TO YOUR NEEDS # # NO GUARANTEES, KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING # THIS IS LICENSED WITH GPL # http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt # CONFIG VAULTBASEDIR=/home/myusername FILEMANAGER=nautilus # END OF CONFIG clear echo "VAULT" echo # INITIAL SETUP creates directories and sets up encryption if [ ! -d "$VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec" ];then echo "NO VAULT FOUND. CREATING..." echo echo encfs $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec touch $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec/mounted fusermount -u $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec echo echo echo "VAULT CREATED. RUN vault TO LOCK AND UNLOCK IT." exit fi # VAULT is unlocked, lock it if [[ -e $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec/mounted ]];then echo "Locking VAULT" echo fusermount -u $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec ls -la $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec echo echo echo "LOCKED" # VAULT IS LOCKED, unlock it and open filemanager else echo "UNLOCKING VAULT" encfs $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec $FILEMANAGER $VAULTBASEDIR/.vault_dec fi
