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fscrypt — Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption. More information: <https://github.com/google/fscry

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Problem

How to use the fscrypt command: Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption. More information: <https://github.com/google/fscrypt#example-usage>.

Solution

fscrypt — Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption. More information: <https://github.com/google/fscrypt#example-usage>.

Prepare the root filesystem for use with fscrypt:

sudo fscrypt setup

Prepare a specific mountpoint for use with fscrypt:

fscrypt setup {{path/to/directory}}

Enable filesystem encryption for a directory:

fscrypt encrypt {{path/to/directory}}

Unlock an encrypted directory:

fscrypt unlock {{path/to/encrypted_directory}}

Lock an encrypted directory:

fscrypt lock {{path/to/encrypted_directory}}

Code Snippets

Prepare the root filesystem for use with `fscrypt`

sudo fscrypt setup

Prepare a specific mountpoint for use with `fscrypt`

fscrypt setup {{path/to/directory}}

Enable filesystem encryption for a directory

fscrypt encrypt {{path/to/directory}}

Unlock an encrypted directory

fscrypt unlock {{path/to/encrypted_directory}}

Lock an encrypted directory

fscrypt lock {{path/to/encrypted_directory}}

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