encfs - fuse: failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied edit

encfs - fuse: failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied

That group may not be present for the current shell session. Just do the following.

grep  /etc/groups

to see the list of groups in which the user has been added. To take effect, you may have to logout and login again. Or it would take effect after the next reboot.

chmod 660 /dev/fuse