Difficulty with EncFS on Debian

I created 2 test folders: mkdir /home/oshiro/Desktop/encrypted mkdir /home/oshiro/Desktop/decrypted oshiro@debian:~/Desktop$ ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 oshiro oshiro 4096 Feb 15 20:34 decrypted drwxr-xr-x 2 oshiro oshiro 4096 Feb 15 20:33 encrypted I installed encfs: sudo aptitude install encfs I then tried using encfs with the 2 folders I created above: oshiro@debian:~/Desktop$ encfs /home/oshiro/Desktop/encrypted /home/oshiro/Desktop/decrypted Creating new encrypted volume. Please choose from one of the following options: enter "x" for expert configuration mode, enter "p" for pre-configured paranoia mode, anything else, or an empty line will select standard mode. ?> p Paranoia configuration selected. Configuration finished. The filesystem to be created has the following properties: Filesystem cypher: "ssl/aes", version 3:0:2 Filename encoding: "nameio/block", version 3:0:1 Key Size: 256 bits Block Size: 1024 bytes, including 8 byte MAC header Each file contains 8 byte header with unique IV data. Filenames encoded using IV chaining mode. File data IV is chained to filename IV. File holes passed through to ciphertext. New Encfs Password: Verify Encfs Password: But then I got this error: fuse: failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied fuse failed. Common problems: - fuse kernel module not installed (modprobe fuse) - invalid options -- see usage message oshiro@debian:~/Desktop$ I've configured encfs on Ubuntu 12.04 without any issues, I had an issue on CentOS 6.5 which I corrected by running: sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/fusermount but that was for a slightly different error message . I tried the same command on Debian 7.4, but it made no difference. Anyone know how to get this to work?