Re: [Encfs-users] Encrypted folder size dynamic?

[Joe P. <jo...@pf...>]

bibs mendez writes:
>Hi guys first time subscriber here :-)
>
>I have an external usb HD i split formatted to ntfs & ext3 of equal 
>size. For the latter i intend to store movie files. Whats the best 
>approach to encrypt this ext3 partition? I mean the basic encfs command 
>requires 2 parameters e.g. the crypted and mount directories so i reckon 
>if the mount dir grows to a big size does the crypted dir grows as
>well?

No, it doesn't.  The unencrypted directory never actually has anything
in it; any attempts to read and write it get passed through to the
encrypted directory where all the data actually lives.

>I'm thinking something like:
>
>encfs ~/.crypt /absolute/path/to/ext3/usb/hd

This will keep all the data on your home directory and leave your usb
drive empty; it'll just "look" like that's where the files are.

>I have about over 80Gb of movie files and growing and my /home folder is 
>limited in size. I dont know if this is sensible solution or make encfs 
>parameters pointing to the usb HD.  Please advise.

Make the parameters point to the usb hd.