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Answer by Mikko Rantalainen for Is it safe to alter the underlying encrypted...

According to Tyler Hicks (one of the maintainers of eCryptfs) it is currently not safe to modify underlying filesystem (lower filesystem in eCryptfs terminology): It would be good if eCryptfs could...

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Answer by Rory Alsop for Is it safe to alter the underlying encrypted files...

To update files in the ecryptfs filesystem you need to update them in the mount point - in the encrypted filesystem you would need to update the entire thing at once, as it has no concept of files or...

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Is it safe to alter the underlying encrypted files for a live mounted...

I want to do live synchronization of an encrypted directory with a server, such that the server only sees encrypted data. Suppose I put the underlying ecryptfs data in: /home/user/.Private And I mount...

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