Blake Barker asks:
Is there a way to lock a browser or a specific folder with a passowrd? Just like I can on my Android, simply lock Apps with a custom passowrd. Then the user must enter the password before launching the program or accessing the folder.
Any ideas?
Browser: Firefox 17
System: Linux
Tagged: add restrictions, folders, linux tips, lock folder, password protect, program
System: Linux
Tagged: add restrictions, folders, linux tips, lock folder, password protect, program
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Devendra Kumar
December 27, 2012This question is being asked by many Linux users on various forums. Today I searched on Google and found this solution on Linuxforums.org.
You can password protect a zip file. Proceed as follows:
Create a directory for this experiment, and name it test.
Copy a few files and paste them into this directory so it isn’t empty.
Now open a terminal and enter:
$ zip -e -r test test
Enter password:
Verify password:
Delete the directory test.
Now you have a file test.zip which is password protected.
zip with -e option encrypts the contents of the zip archive using a password. This encrypts with standard pkzip encryption which is considered weak.
However, the job of protecting the file is done, because even the root user needs the password or should be a hacker to decrypt.
ha14
December 27, 2012Encrypt Folders (Ubuntu Linux)
http://www.faqforge.com/linux/encrypt-folders-ubuntu-linux/
To encrypt folders on Linux Ubuntu there is a simple program called Cryptkeeper which, while active, lets you mount and dismount password protected folders.
susendeep dutta
December 28, 2012For browser,most of the Linux distro comes with Firefox browser as default.So,follow the steps mentioned in the link below -
http://www.instantfundas.com/2012/07/how-to-password-protect-firefox.html
Amit Sinha
December 28, 2012you can’t lock folder but alternatively you can restrict access to certain files where the files can be opened, edited or deleted by authorized user
Deekshith Allamaneni
January 4, 2013Use password protected 7zip file and also check the option to encrypt file names for better security.
Actually, zip format also has this option to password protect but it cannot encrypt file names.
fallen heart
March 16, 2013U can’t password lock a file onlinux but u can change its permission so that anyone else niether reads it nor deletes it look for chmod command chmod +rwx to add permission chmod -rwx to remove permissions (r= read w =write x= execute)