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How to make document protected

Asked by rajsh

I want to lock my single document protected with password is any way to do that it can also be able to hide my document to view others.

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Jeruvy (jeruvy) said : 		#1

eCrypt is one solution, here's a forum thread about this tool:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=940768

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

You may try Seahorse in Applications ->Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption keys
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AccessoriesApplications#Passwords%20and%20Encryption%20Keys

Files can be en/decrypted and signed via Seahorse.

Or in a terminal using symetric encryption e.g.:
encrypt:
gpg -c testfile

decrypt:
gpg -d testfile.gpg > testfile

After encryption you should of course shred the original:
shred testfile

Manuals about this commands are available in terminal like this:
man gpg
man shred

Reference:
http://www.gnupg.org/

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