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I need to know if you can help or advice me, how can I make a file or folder password protected.
Thank you for your help and support.

Mesi

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Benoit Malet (benoit-malet) said : 		#1

Hello !

In fact, you can restrict usage (reading, writing, executing (for a file) and listing (for a folder)) of file and folder to certain users and/or groups.

For instance, if I want my personal folder to be only readable be my, I could issue in a terminal the command :

chmod go-x /home/bmalet

the command chmod will change permissions, patern go-x (Group Others remove eXecution) will prevent anyone but me to list the directory and subdirectories content. You can find all the options for chmod by typing in a terminal "man chmod"

Hope this helps !

Regards,
Benoit

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