getting encfs set up on ubuntu or debian

Just so I don't forget later, here's how to set up an encfs directory on a Debian-like system such that the directory will be automatically mounted the first time you log in.

• As root, install the encfs and libpam-encfs packages.
  
• As root, add your user account to the fuse group in /etc/group. Log out and back in as your regular user.
  
• As your regular user, create the filesystem:
  

  encfs $HOME/.enc $HOME/enc

  
  Choose the default options and enter your password.
  
• As root, edit /etc/pam.d/common-auth to look like this:
  

  auth sufficient pam_encfs.so

auth required pam_unix.so nullok_secure use_first_pass

  
  
• As root, edit fuse.conf to look like this:
  

  user_allow_other

  
  
• As root, make /etc/security/pam_encfs.conf look like this:
  

  drop_permissions

fuse_default nonempty



<user> /path/to/.enc /path/to/enc -v allow_other