Under Linux (Ubuntu 14LTS), I'm trying to access an encrypted local directory created by a regular user (encfs) as root, but I get access denied:
root@toad:/home/robert# cd inbox bash: cd: inbox: Permission denied
- How is it possible?
- How to allow other users to access it?
Best Answer
encfs
is a FUSE (File system in user space) file system. Access to FUSE file systems is usually limited to the user that mounted it by the kernel, but it can be granted to others with theallow_other
andallow_root
mount options (mount_fuse
manpage). This is somewhat similar to NFS file systems that can't be access byroot
if they are exported withroot_squash
.