I have two computers on my network, both are running Ubuntu 10.10. I wish to access encfs-encrypted directories on a remote computer from my local computer.

I used nfs to mount the remote encrypted directory onto my local machine, and then I used encfs to decrypt. But because of nfs' use of some UID-type ownership convention rather than user:group, I have no access to the directory I just mounted.

I want my local machine's software to access the files, so ssh login is probably not a solution, and I would like to avoid using encfs' --public option if possible. Does anyone have any other solutions?


Ray

Either use NFS4 or create a UID mapping in /etc/nfs.map. Or consider sshfs.

With ssh already installed on both systems, sshfs was quick and easy to implement. Thanks.


Ray