Allow x-gvfs-hide mount option

[silenc3r]

When tried to mount volume with x-gvfs-hide option gocryptfs throws an error:

$ gocryptfs /my/encrypted/volume ~/my/mountpoint -o x-gvfs-hide
[...]
flag provided but not defined: -x-gvfs-hide

Or maybe there's another way to hide gocryptfs volume in Nautilus sidebar I don't know of?

[rfjakob]

I have tested this with ext4 and it accepts this mount option, even though I'm not sure how. The option does not show up in the mount output afterwards.

It does not work with EncFS:

$ encfs -o x-gvfs-hide $PWD/e1 $PWD/e2
EncFS Password: 
fuse: unknown option `x-gvfs-hide'
fuse failed.  Common problems:
 - fuse kernel module not installed (modprobe fuse)
 - invalid options -- see usage message

Anyway, reading https://github.com/GNOME/gvfs/blob/master/monitor/udisks2/what-is-shown.txt I found this:

if any of component directories
in its directory starts with a dot ("."), the device is not shown

Maybe good enough?

[silenc3r]

Anyway, reading https://github.com/GNOME/gvfs/blob/master/monitor/udisks2/what-is-shown.txt I found this:

if any of component directories
in its directory starts with a dot ("."), the device is not shown

Maybe good enough?

It would be good enough for me, but it doesn't seem to work. I have tried it before opening this issue.

[silenc3r]

I also tried writing udev rule but it doesn't work either.
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/104585/how-do-i-hide-fuse-partition-from-nautilus-sidebar/

[rfjakob]

It looks like the mountpoint (or maybe any parent directory of it) must start with a dot. This works, it is not shown in the sidebar, gocryptfs mounted on /home/jakob/tmp/.b

$ df -Th | grep fuse.gocryptfs
/home/jakob/tmp/a              fuse.gocryptfs  200G  120G   71G  63% /home/jakob/tmp/.b

[rfjakob]

I guess this is ok to close?

[silenc3r]

OK, I get it now. The mountpoint directory and not encrypted volume has to start with a dot. I guess I have to use symlinks to get what I want, i.e.:

gocryptfs /mnt/encrypted_volume ~/.vol1
ln -s ~/.vol1 ~/vol1

Not ideal but still better than nothing. Thanks.