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Request: expose encrypted file root in mount source by default #712
Description
This is to request that the default value of mount source be changed to contain the encrypted file root (I'll use gocryptfs's terminology CIPHERDIR interchangeably) for v2, instead of the static encfs. This has been requested previously in #153 and was declined for compatibility concerns, but in light of a full rewrite and a major version bump, I'd like to repropose it at this moment.
The reasoning is pretty much the same - since the FS identity is already exposed via mount type, this field could do something more useful. Specifically in my case, it could help KDE determine whether a FUSE mount is a network mount or not, and thereby apply different preview size thresholds.
How similar projects do it
- gocryptfs simply sets source as
CIPHERDIR - cryfs sets source as
cryfs@CIPHERDIR
Activity
show the encrypted root as the mount source (#712) (#713)
vgough commentedon Oct 16, 2026
I opted to include a prefix (encfs@), since otherwise this change would mean
mounton Mac would no longer show what kind of filesystem it was, since there is no sub-type displayed there. Hope that helps.