How to Create a Private Encrypted Folder On Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)

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"Think of eCryptfs as a sort of "gnupgfs".eCryptfs is a native Linux filesystem. The kernel module component of eCryptfs is part of the Linux kernel since 2.6.19.

"Install eCryptfs in Ubuntu Intrepid

"sudo aptitude install ecryptfs-utils

"This will install all the required packages in ubuntu intrepid.

"First you need to Create a new directory to encrypt. mkdir ~/Personal"

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