Information about the package, fuse-encfs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fuse-encfs package is designed for, Encrypted pass-thru filesystem in userspace.
Package Name:
fuse-encfs
Summary:
Encrypted pass-thru filesystem in userspace
Description:
EncFS implements an encrypted filesystem in userspace using FUSE. FUSE provides a Linux kernel module which allows virtual filesystems to be written in userspace. EncFS encrypts all data and filenames in the filesystem and passes access through to the underlying filesystem. Similar to CFS except that it does not use NFS.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.7.4
Release:
25.el6
Size:
347 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the fuse-encfs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fuse-encfs
This command will install fuse-encfs on the server.
yum remove fuse-encfs
This command will un-install fuse-encfs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fuse-encfs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fuse-encfs
This command will un-install fuse-encfs on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove fuse-encfs when using the -y flag.
yum update fuse-encfs
This command will update fuse-encfs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fuse-encfs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fuse-encfs
This command will update fuse-encfs to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove fuse-encfs when using the -y flag.
yum info fuse-encfs
This command will show you core information about the fuse-encfs package.
yum deplist fuse-encfs
This command will show you the dependencies for fuse-encfs. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update fuse-encfs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fuse-encfs. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.