Configs/rusharri-lnx2

This is my work laptop, a ThinkPad T43p. Here are some of the changes I made setting it up.

Private Photos
I don't want all of my pictures to be visable to everyone so I'm going to create an encfs fuse  mount in my home directory so they don't show up unless I mount the encrypted directory.

I created the  directory to server as the encrypted source for

$ mkdir -p ~/.Photos/Private $ mkdir -p ~/Photos/Private Then I need to set up the encfs mount $ encfs ~/.Photos/Private ~/Photos/Private

Creating new encrypted volume.

Please choose from one of the following options:

enter "x" for expert configuration mode,

enter "p" for pre-configured paranoia mode,

anything else, or an empty line will select standard mode.

?> I just hit enter for standard mode since this isn't mission crytical data and I'm just trying to make things difficult for people anyway.

Standard configuration selected.

Configuration finished. The filesystem to be created has

the following properties:

Filesystem cipher: "ssl/blowfish", version 2:1:1

Filename encoding: "nameio/block", version 3:0:1

Key Size: 160 bits

Block Size: 512 bytes

Each file contains 8 byte header with unique IV data.

Filenames encoded using IV chaining mode.

Now you will need to enter a password for your filesystem.

You will need to remember this password, as there is absolutely

no recovery mechanism. However, the password can be changed

later using encfsctl.

New Encfs Password: Verify Encfs Password:

To unmount the directory I need to just use the command: $ fusermount -u ~/Photos/Private

To mount it again later: $ encfs ~/.Photos/Private ~/Photos/Private To change the password for the encrypted filesystem I'd use the command: $ encfsctl passwd ~/.Photos/Private