How encrypt a directory?

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I need some tools to encrypt my directory with passphrase and easily open it with passphrase again

You can do it with Cryptkeeper. The instructions are already in this answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/104984/157406 — Pavak Paul, Jul 24 '15 at 11:41

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '15 at 13:12

If your really just want to encrypt a directory, use encfs. You need a 2nd folder which is where you will work out of. In the 2nd folder, everything appears unencrypted while it is mounted.

From the encfs manpage:

encfs ~/.crypt ~/crypt

The first time you will setup the password. Thereafter, you use the same command to unlock it.

Files stored in ~/crypt appear normal, but will actually be stored encrypted in ~/.crypt, which is hidden because of the file name starting with a dot. You can use whatever folder names you want, of course.

Alternatively, when installing Ubuntu you do have the option to encrypt the entire disk or to encrypt your home folder. It is also possible to format external drives fully encrypted. encfs is best if you really just want to encrypt a folder, or if you want to encrypt files on an NTFS drive or network drive.

How encrypt a directory?

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