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In this short tutorial, you will learn to create password-protected "private" folders. The advantage of this type of folder is that files stored in it will be encrypted and only you and no one other than you will be able to see, edit, delete, etc. |
Steps to follow
1. The trick is to install the ecryptfs-utils package.
sudo apt-get install ecryptfs-utils
2. Open a terminal and run:
ecryptfs-setup-private
3. You will be asked for your user password (the same one you use to log in) and a new password, which will be used to mount the "private" folder. Using both passwords, ecryptfs will encrypt the folder in question.
4.- Log out and when you log back in a "Private" folder will have been created in your HOME folder.
Note: Don't forget to make a copy of the file ~ / .ecryptfs / wrapped-passphrase in a safe place. In the future, when you need to access this folder, ecryptfs needs that file to be there in order to decrypt the information contained in it. The copy can be useful in case you accidentally delete the file or some other kind of misfortune occurs.