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Software - Support => Installing Software => Topic started by: paul44 on November 24, 2020, 05:52:13 AM
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I want to password protect a folder and thought cryptlocker would do it for me?
cannot seem to get it to install tried the terminal but the system can't seem to find it
anyone got any idea's? ???
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Link to the software please.
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Sorry Jerry I ment Cryptkeeper this is what i get trying to install sudo
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paul ~ sudo apt-get install cryptkeeper encfs
[sudo] password for paul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package cryptkeeper
paul ~ 100
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Link please.
I'm just going to stop replying to threads that ignore my posts from now on. Sorry people.
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Gerry there is no link i just copied the instructions from a website I found in fact several suggested the same SUDO method so I was not ignoring your request its all I have
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Wel... if you copied the instruction from the website, there should be a website link no? ;)
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INDEED and those instructions were simply to do sudo apt-get install cryptkeeper encfs and it would install but as you can see from my screen shot above the system said nah!
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptthekeeper/ (https://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptthekeeper/)
I doubt this will successfully install in Ubu 20. The project is abandoned.
With Ubu 20 you could use eCryptfs for password protecting and encrypting a folder.
https://www.ecryptfs.org/documentation
Also with LibreOffice you can password protect single documents.
TC
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INDEED and those instructions were simply to do sudo apt-get install cryptkeeper encfs and it would install but as you can see from my screen shot above the system said nah!
The system "said nah!" because there's no cryptkeeper package in Ubuntu 20.04, it was available up to 16.04, Xenial but it isn't anymore.
I want to password protect a folder
There are alternatives available and you probably don't need to install anything:
1. You can just zip that folder and add a password:
Select the folder and rigth-click on it, from the context menu select create a new archive or some similar wording. In the archive wizard choose zip as the output format, click on other options and add a password, finally click ok.
2. Make the folder hidden:
Rename it so it starts with a "." mv folder .folder now it's not visible unless you make it so.
3. Change its properties so only you can access its contents:
Select the folder and hit left Alt+Enter to open the properties dialog, go to permissions tab and where it reads others change to none, so nobody else can access it. Although, if this is a single user system, people may still get access to it, in which case your best bet is option 1.
Hope this helps! :)
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THANKS FOR EVERYONE'S INPUT ;D
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ecryptfs should be installed by default in LL 5. Open your package manager and type ecryptfs in the search box. ecryptfs and ecryptfs utilities should be there. It's very easy to use for creating a private encrypted password protected folder in your home directory, in spite of the daunting nix documentation, as long as your home directory is not already encrypted. I'm currently looking for simple tutorial for you. If I can't find one I'll write one next week sometime and cover all the bases for you. The main advantage to ecryptfs is that it can create a password protected encrypted stacked file system for a specific user.
TC
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THAT'S REAL NICE OF YOU THANKS
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ecryptfs should be installed by default in LL 5. Open your package manager and type ecryptfs in the search box. ecryptfs and ecryptfs utilities should be there. It's very easy to use for creating a private encrypted password protected folder in your home directory, in spite of the daunting nix documentation, as long as your home directory is not already encrypted. I'm currently looking for simple tutorial for you. If I can't find one I'll write one next week sometime and cover all the bases for you. The main advantage to ecryptfs is that it can create a password protected encrypted stacked file system for a specific user.
TC
I found one https://linuxhint.com/ecryptfs_linux/
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OK, as promised the simplest way to use ecryptfs for an encrypted password protected folder, and the simplest way to pasword protect documents with LibreOffice. See the link below.
https://www.dbts-analytics.com/cryptopts1.html (https://www.dbts-analytics.com/cryptopts1.html)
This stays within the Ubuntu coded ecryptfs utilities limitations.
TC
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wow thanks for putting this guide together you have made the process look extremely simple