Is it possible to password protect a folder/file . I don't want to encrypt it

karanace · 03-02-2012, 05:01 AM

I am a engineering student and i am trying to build a folder locking application for linux . My target is to create a application similar to window folder lockers.

Please Help.........
Desperately waiting for your suggestions

coralfang · 03-02-2012, 06:17 AM

You can change the folder's permissions so no user other than root can access the files inside:

Code:

# chmod 600 /path/to/folder

Then set the owner as root (if not already).

Code:

# chown root:root /path/to/folder

This will set your folder so that all user accounts on the local machine are denied access to the folders contents, except for the root account.

I'm not sure what you mean by password protecting a folder without encrypting it. There wouldn't be much point of "protecting" a folder with a password if it is not going to be encrypted in some way or another, assuming all accounts on the system have read access to the folder.

vikas027 · 03-02-2012, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karanace

I am a engineering student and i am trying to build a folder locking application for linux . My target is to create a application similar to window folder lockers.

Please Help.........
Desperately waiting for your suggestions

Hi Karan,

You can use zip I guess.

Quote:

zip -re folder.zip folder (it will ask for a password twice to encrypt))

unzip folder.zip(it will ask for a password to decrypt)