Provided by: erfs_1.4-1_all 

NAME
erfs - a tool to create an encrypted file system on the cloud
SYNOPSIS
erfs <COMMAND> [-options] <SHARE-SECRET> [<mount-point>]
DESCRIPTION
erfs is a simple unix utility which creates and mounts an encrypted remote file system. The file system
is encrypted locally and the encrypted data is stored in the cloud.
The cloud server has no knowledge of the content. A rogue server operator can not access the data. All
key material is created on the user's computer and never stored or transferred to the server.
It supports collaboration and the same filesystem can be accessed from different computers at the same
time. The data is securely and seamlessly synchronized.
COMMAND
init Initialize (create) a new file system and print the SHARE-SECRET of the newly created file
system.
mount <SHARE-SECRET>
Mount the encrypted remote file system.
umount <SHARE-SECRET>
Unmount the encrypted remote file system. SHARE-SECRET is optional and all filesystems will
be unmounted if no specific SHARE-SECRET is given.
OPTIONS
-x read the SHARE-SECRET from standard input.
SECURITY
Passing the SHARE-SECRET as command line parameter is insecure. Use the -x option or set the environment
variable (example):
$ SEC=aDe5F2ik3x35x7pfAEAWdC5Y ./erfs m
ENVIRONEMT
The following environment variable can be set to control the behavior.
SEC=<SHARE SECRET> Specify the SHARE-SECRET to pass it (securely) to erfs.
COPYRIGHT
ERFS is entirely my own creation, although plenty of other code was used as examples. It is released
under GPL.
NOTES
The latest version is available from https://github.com/hackerschoice/erfs/.
BUGS
Efforts have been made to have erfs "do the right thing" in all its various modes. If you believe that
it is doing the wrong thing under whatever circumstances, please notify me and tell me how you think it
should behave. I certainly encourage people to make custom mods and send in any improvements they make to
it. Continued feedback from the Internet community is always welcome!
EXAMPLES
Initialize a new encrypted and remote file system:
$ erfs init
Mount the new file system (replace aDe5F2ik3x35x7pfAEAWdC5Y with the SHARE-SECRET from the previous
step):
$ erfs mount aDe5F2ik3x35x7pfAEAWdC5Y
or mount to a specific mount-point (~/secure-drive):
$ mkdir ~/secure-drive
$ erfs mount aDe5F2ik3x35x7pfAEAWdC5Y ~/secure-drive
Unmount the file system:
$ erfs umount ~/secure-drive
or unmount the file system by specifying the SHARE-SECRET:
$ erfs umount aDe5F2ik3x35x7pfAEAWdC5Y
or unmount all encrypted file systems:
$ erfs umount
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by skyper <skyper@thc.org>.
ERFS was written by skyper <skyper@thc.org>.
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