https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147819#M156905 I'm not saying this animal exists, but I've never heard of it. I guess from my experience, tapes are kept/stored/moved by authorised persons. This can be done in locked bags/boxes etc from tape holding facilities/vaults. Thu, 18 Dec 2003 02:50:38 GMT Michael Tully 2003-12-18T02:50:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147818#M156904 I'm looking for a standard unix tool/command to cut a password protected tape of confidential data on a HP-UX platform. Thu, 18 Dec 2003 02:38:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147818#M156904 Matthias Oswald 2003-12-18T02:38:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147819#M156905 I'm not saying this animal exists, but I've never heard of it. I guess from my experience, tapes are kept/stored/moved by authorised persons. This can be done in locked bags/boxes etc from tape holding facilities/vaults. Thu, 18 Dec 2003 02:50:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147819#M156905 Michael Tully 2003-12-18T02:50:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147820#M156906 You could use GNU zip as this allows you to passwd protect the resultant file and if you re-direct it straight to the tape device, you'll have a password protected archive.<BR /> <BR />I test it first though if I were you :) Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:04:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/password-protected-tape/m-p/3147820#M156906 Mark Grant 2003-12-18T03:04:20Z