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Idea
#5706: Integrated Folder/File Password Protection
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Written by Double D the 25 Mar 08 at 19:09.
Category: Security.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Right click folder/file > lock
done
double click folder/file > "This folder/file requires a password for access"
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Eldmannen wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 19:13
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Maybe not with that exact implementation.
But we definitely should have some encryption for sensitive files such as business data, customer records, trade secrets, personal files.
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glaucous wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 22:10
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what's wrong with 'chmod 006 '?
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Grrblt wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 23:01
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"what's wrong with 'chmod 006 '?"
Command line is what's wrong with it.
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yzarc wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 23:52
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you can change the permissions by guy also, make a right click on file/folder and go to properties, you will see a permission tab.
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holizz wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 23:58
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"what's wrong with 'chmod 006 '?"
Because it means anybody can read the files? User, group, other. In that order.
Yes, I think it would be a good thing to have some kind of really easy-to-use encryption for files and folders integrated into GNOME. People should encrypt more things more often, and it should be easier to do.
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earobinson wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 00:31
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This can be done by changing the files permissions and you have no need to unlock it because you are logged in
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glaucous wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 01:01
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oops, my bad. make it chmod 600
And you can do it by gui, too.
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Double D wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 01:40
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"This can be done by changing the files permissions and you have no need to unlock it because you are logged in"
thats the problem, i want to leave it logged in.
say... i let someone use my computer when im in the shower or sleeping or some other crazy reason, i dont want them snooping around when i could just password protect a folder and the problem is solved
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blindvic wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 10:11
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And if someone steals your comp, file permissions will not stop him. You need encryption.
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loonyphoenix wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 10:14
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Changing permissions doesn't mean that it can't be read in, say, Ext2 IFS in Windows in a dual-boot setup, does it? I'm all for encryption.
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tomtom_fr wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 12:33
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Unix already have a very good system to protect datas between users.
I think it' useless and even quite weird
Manage your files rights and you will not have any problem
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Lion-Simba wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 18:33
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All you talking about is already implemented in package "seahorse". It's gui (including Nautilus context menu) to GnuPG.
Changing permissions are good too, but can't be used if hard disk physically unsecured.
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Theodore wrote on the 7 Apr 08 at 21:07
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Idea sounds nice BUT.... It won`t work that way.
You must think of secure deleting all copys of this file, be aware of any temporary files who are linked with the program using it, swap and lost + found...
The only useful thing is full disk encryption. Otherwise you can still read sensitive data when you undelete things.
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aftermodern wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 11:53
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It would be nice to be able encrypt files and/or folders with GPG or with something strong encryption.
now there is more possibilities in the universe repositories, (seahorse) but it would be better to integrate it by default to gnome.
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