User:Maffblaster/Drafts/eCryptfs

eCryptfs is an enterprise cryptographic filesystem for Linux. It is developed and maintained by Ubuntu maintainers and therefore cannot be trusted...

Just joking, it is most likely safe to use.

Kernel
In order to eCryptfs to work, only a single kernel option is necessary, although setting both of the options below will not hurt:

USE flags
After setting the kernel options, the user space tools will need to be installed. First check the the optional USE flags:

Emerge
When USE flags have been set as desired, ask Portage to install the package:

Files

 * - Global (system wide) configuration file.
 * - Local (per user) configuration file.