Yes and no ;-) Until ReiserFS4 is out, there is no password protection/encryption in a filesystem. But you can use PGP (GNU Privacy Guard) to do just this.
get the following packages - bcwipe (or use shred from fileutils) - gnupg Install gnupg and generate keypairs following the man pages/documentation. Then just do something like this (items between [] should be replaced according to your configuration) cd /home/[you] tar -cf - [secretdirectory]| gpg -e -o [outputfile].tar.gpg -r [PGP key] bcwipe -vr [secretdirectory] the tar command puts the directory into a single file, which is piped to gpg for encryption. bcwipe (or shred) are used to securely wipe the unencrypted directory from disk. To extract: cd /home/[you] gpg --decrypt [outputfile].tar.gpg |tar -xf - Good luck Guy On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 09:52, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > Is it possible to password protect a single directory or secure it in another > way from snooping little fingers? > > Thanks, -- Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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