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Old 02-06-2011
Password Protecting a File
hello there. Is there a way to password protect a file and make it so that several passwords can open it?

i'm trying to write a script that open up a file if the password given by a user is one of many other passwords in the database of the file.

not sure if this is possible. thanks

the system i'm running is a Linux Red Hat system.
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Old 02-06-2011
Is there a reason why you cannot create a group, chgrp the file to the group, and put users who need to read the file in the group?
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Old 02-06-2011
You can look into the UNIX crypt command that will password protect your
file, but it only uses on password.

crypt key < clear.file > encrypted.file
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