AIX dropping crypt surprised me too. Using standard AIX software, no, I do not believe there is a way to password encrypt a file. However, you can compile/install OpenSSL available from
http://www.openssl.org
There are oodles of encryption algorithms and encrypting a file is quite simple.
Code:
# openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -in file -out file.enc
enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: password
Verifying - enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: password
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To decrypt, simply swap your -in and -out file parameters and add a -d to the command line:
Code:
# openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in file.enc -out file
enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: password
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