If you are planning to share an encrypted volume between Linux/OSX and Windows (I will assume you are sharing it on Dropbox, but you could use any similar service) and you are using EncFS under Linux/OSX and BoxCryptor under Windows, there are some specifig settings to use when you create the EncFS volume. Infact even if BoxCryptor claims to be “encfs compatible”, it’s not 100%.
Suppose you want to create an encrypted volume located at \$HOME/.TestTmpEncrypted and mounted at \$HOME/TestTmp you need the following command:
$ encfs ~/.TestTmpEncrypted ~/TestTmp
answer “Y” when you are asked if you want to create the folders:
The directory "/home/xxx/.TestTmpEncrypted/" does not exist. Should it be created? (y,n) y
The directory "/home/xxx/TestTmp" does not exist. Should it be created? (y,n) y
