Package: encfs Version: 1.5.2-1 Severity: normal The maximum filename length on ext2/3 is 255 bytes, and 256 bytes for ext4. Since encfs has a tendency to inflate the filename, it runs against these boundaries even if the unencrypted plain text file name does not. In that case, a file cannot be stored, the OS acquits with ENAMETOOLONG and refuses to store. I think encfs needs to find a way to handle this situation to be able to store long file names according to the underlying filesystem restrictions.
I would not hardcode 255/256 but instead add a handler for ENAMETOOLONG, which squashes the file over two inodes, or uses a rewrite map. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-rc5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages encfs depends on: ii fuse-utils 2.7.4-2 Filesystem in USErspace (utilities ii libboost-filesystem1.38.0 1.38.0-7 filesystem operations (portable pa ii libboost-serialization1.38.0 1.38.0-7 serialization library for C++ ii libc6 2.9-19 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfuse2 2.7.4-2 Filesystem in USErspace library ii libgcc1 1:4.4.0-10 GCC support library ii librlog1c2a 1.3.7-1.2 flexible message logging library ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-3 SSL shared libraries ii libstdc++6 4.4.0-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 encfs recommends no packages. encfs suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
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