On 1/28/07, Erik Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to create a zip file with password through > > > thunar-archive-plugin? > > > > These features need to be provided by your default archiver. If they > > do, then it is supported. > > > > Currently, neither file-roller, Xarchiver nor Squeeze support this IIRC. > > > > Though i would not know why anyone would want to 'protect' an archive > > with a password, > > simple rwx------ permissions would do the trick just fine. > > Obviously, to secure the data in transmission. I recall using password > protected ZIPs in the DOS days of shareware. You buy the software, > they mail you the unzip password for the full version
Certainly, for security reasons, in particular to send sensible files through e-mail. And it is false that the plugin is able to insert passwords in case of archivers with that feature; as an example, take file-roller that has password support. Paul _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
