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Password Protected Directory?
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| pankaj_wolfhunter@yahoo.co.in 2007-02-22, 7:19 am |
| Greetings,
This may be a dumb question but can I set a password to
directory?
Actually, we have common login id and password.
Each creates their own personal directory. How can I make sure that no
one else
can have unauthorized access to my directory?
TIA
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| Bruce Barnett 2007-02-22, 7:19 am |
| "pankaj_wolfhunter@yahoo.co.in" <pankaj_wolfhunter@yahoo.co.in> writes:
> Greetings,
> This may be a dumb question but can I set a password to
> directory?
>
> Actually, we have common login id and password.
If you have a common/shared ID, you can't. It's the wrong security model.
(With shared ID's, you lose accountability).
You can personally encrypt a file.
Some unix systems allowed vi to edit an encrypted file
example:
vi -x filename
It prompts you for a password.
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| pankaj_wolfhunter@yahoo.co.in 2007-02-22, 1:18 pm |
| On Feb 22, 5:38 pm, Bruce Barnett
<spamhater123+U070222073...@grymoire.com> wrote:
> "pankaj_wolfhun...@yahoo.co.in" <pankaj_wolfhun...@yahoo.co.in> writes:
>
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> If you have a common/shared ID, you can't. It's the wrong security model.
> (With shared ID's, you lose accountability).
>
> You can personally encrypt a file.
>
> Some unix systems allowed vi to edit an encrypted file
> example:
>
> vi -x filename
>
> It prompts you for a password.
>
> --
> Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail to this account incurs a fee of
> $500 per message, and acknowledges the legality of this contract.
Thanks Bruce.
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