Say we have a directory myStuff in our $HOME and we want to encrypt it and use it to store sensitive information. Run: encfs $HOME/myStuff $HOME/myEncryptedStuff This will prompt you to answer few questions for the encryption. The directory myEncryptedStuff will be used as mount point to the encrypted directory myStuff To unmount the encrypted directory, run: fusermount -u $HOME/myEncryptedStuff To remount it, run: encfs $HOME/myStuff $HOME/myEncryptedStuff To change password for the encryption, have the directory unmounted and run: encfsctl passwd $HOME/myStuff