Password protection in unix

Shell Programming and Scripting
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How to create a file in UNIX which is password protected ?

Thanks and Regards,
Neeraj

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Have you seen GPG? GNU Privacy Guard: The GNU Privacy Guard - GnuPG.org

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No :frowning: , but checkinG THAT now :slight_smile:

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Still not able to figure it iut from there , my case i want to create a file which is passwd protected and send that file to a user who knows the passwd , so that only he can open that.

Any help ?

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Trust me, GPG is what you are looking for!

Here are some usefull links:
-----> GnuPG Frequently Asked Questions
-----> Using GPG for encryption and signing /dev/dagon weblog
-----> Gnu Privacy Guard - How Gpg Works

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Try :X option in vim.

:X      Prompt for an encryption key.  The typing is done without showing the
        actual text, so that someone looking at the display won't see it.
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It is more or less impossible to prevent a user one a remote system from opening a file you sent him.
Thats why encryption is used. Opening a file will not help an unauthorized user in any way as he is not able to interpret its content.