rsync + enfcs +sshfs

[keithweddell]

I'm trying to use rsync to back up some files that I want to store on my isp server where I have some spare free space. As the server is obviously not secure I want to use encfs to encrypt the files.

1. I can mount the remote directory using sshfs so that it appears in my local file system.

2. I can then mount the remote encrypted directory using enfs.

3. I can use rsync to backup my home directory.

However, I want to back up other files for which I need root permisions. If I use sudo rsync I can access the files but do not have permissions to save them in the encfs directory. If I don't use sudo, I can save into the encfs directory but can't access the files. I seem to be stuck between two conflicting permissions problems. Can anyone suggest a way round this?


Keith

[keithweddell]

OK I think I've solved this. Create a file called /etc/fuse.conf which contains "user_allow_other". This allows you to pass allow_other or allow_root options to encfs.

The only problem is there seems to be a bug in encfs which changes the date modified of files. This makes it useless for rsync incremental backups. Guess I'll go back to tar and scp.

Keith

[guruofquality]

I'm trying to use rsync to back up some files that I want to store on my isp server where I have some spare free space. As the server is obviously not secure I want to use encfs to encrypt the files.

1. I can mount the remote directory using sshfs so that it appears in my local file system.

2. I can then mount the remote encrypted directory using enfs.

3. I can use rsync to backup my home directory.

However, I want to back up other files for which I need root permisions. If I use sudo rsync I can access the files but do not have permissions to save them in the encfs directory. If I don't use sudo, I can save into the encfs directory but can't access the files. I seem to be stuck between two conflicting permissions problems. Can anyone suggest a way round this?


Keith

Can you edit the mount options for the encfs to force the UID to be your UID and not root?. Use uid=XXXX

[jtc]

OK I think I've solved this. Create a file The only problem is there seems to be a bug in encfs which changes the date modified of files. This makes it useless for rsync incremental backups.

I use rsync in combination with encfs without any timestamp problems. Althought I guess there are a few diffrent ways you can implement those two programs.

Anyway, have you tried using rsync with --checksum? Then it is supposed to skip files based on their checksum instead of mod-time and size.