access control list

Linux or UNIX password protect files

by nixcraft on May 15, 2006 · 2 comments

From my mailbag: Q. How do I password protect files? Linux and other Unixish oses offers strong file permissions and ACL (access control list) concept in Linux/UNIX computer security used to enforce privilege separation. However, none of them offers a password to protect files. You can use GNU gpg (GNU Privacy Guard) encryption and signing [...]

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