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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Password protecting a directory Post 302339227 by jim mcnamara on Thursday 30th of July 2009 05:23:32 AM
Old 07-30-2009
You cannot prevent root from accessing anything ever. Hence, giving out the root password to a lot of people is a really bad idea.

Your best hope is encryption. There are encrypted filesystems like eCryptfs. Rather than explain it try reading:
How to set up an encrypted filesystem in several easy steps

You can also encrypt the individual files in the directory itself if you want.

Decryption requires a password.
 

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PASSWORD-GORILLA(1)					      General Commands Manual					       PASSWORD-GORILLA(1)

NAME
password-gorilla -- a password manager SYNOPSIS
password-gorilla DESCRIPTION
The Password Gorilla helps you manage your logins. It stores all your user names and passwords, along with login information and other notes, in a securely encrypted file. A single "master password" is used to protect the file. This way, you only need to remember the single master password, instead of the many logins that you use. If you want to log in to a service or Web site, the Password Gorilla copies your user name and password to the clipboard, so that you can easily paste it into your Web browser or other application. Because the password does not appear on the screen, Password Gorilla is safe to use in the presence of others. The convenience of Password Gorilla allows you to choose different, non-intuitive passwords for each service. An integrated random password generator can provide one-time passwords, tunable to various services' policies. FILES
The program creates a configuration file .gorillarc in the homedirectory of the user. REPORTING BUGS
Bugs can be reported through the Debian Bug Tracking System at http://bugs.debian.org. AUTHOR
Author of password-gorilla is Frank Pilhofer <fp@fpx.de> This manual page was written by Patrick Schoenfeld <schoenfeld@in-medias-res.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Per- mission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. PASSWORD-GORILLA(1)
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