gzip file

[peterchu]

I want to archive some files into one file and want add the password to the compressed , so that only authorized user can open it , is there any archive tool (tar / cpio) that can add the password to the compress file ? thx

[Stefan Schulz]

Hi,

you can use the zip and unzip utility which you can find on the porting center (e.g. at http://hpux.asknet.de )

With zip you can use the -e option to encrypt the archive with an password.

Hope this helps

Regards Stefan

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

I do not think it is possible under unix. Atleast both tar and cpio does not seem to show any such option. Also unix depends on the file level permissions rather than passwords as you are looking for.

Curious to know if it is possible?

HTH,
Devender

[Jannik]

take a look at tools like gpg or as it is called now gnupg:
http://www.gnupg.org/

[Alex Lavrov.]

OR just change the owner to some user and give 700 permissions, so only that user (and root ofcourse) can read it.

Alex.

[Jannik]

you can download depots from this site:
http://me.in-berlin.de/~pankow/