Hey im very vvery new to Linux and Kubuntu , so im wondering if theres a way to hide files, kind of like the way u can in windows, or if not if there is a way to password protect a folder or something like that. sorry if it sa dumb question
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Re: Hide files/Password protect
You can hide folders by renaming them with a period in front.
Hidden:
folder name
Not Hidden:
.folder name
For passwording, I would use kgpg -
Re: Hide files/Password protect
thank you!!!!Comment
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Re: Hide files/Password protect
Um... Isn't it the other way around? Hidden files are the one starting with a dot, while visible files have no dots?Originally posted by aysiuComment
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Re: Hide files/Password protect
Just to add another spin to this - I would say that it rather depends on what you are trying to hide - and how hidden it needs to be. The method described below works very well - but all you need to do to make konqueror reveal files named with a period in front is to click "show hidden files" from the toolabar.
If I wanted to hide stuff then Linux makes it very easy for me. I create a new user and put all the private stuff there. That way, the only way to access it is if whoever you are hiding it from knows about the new username and knows the password of the new user (or root). Linux is meant to be truly multiuser this way.
On second thoughts - I know this works in every other distro but the Ubuntu ones - don't know how this plays out using sudo. You would need to play with it if you need to do something like this.
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Re: Hide files/Password protect
Come to think of it, we might be actually approaching the solution from a slightly different angle.
Permissions, anyone?
analyticalman's suggestion comes closest, except that I think it would probably easier to make sure that those "confidential" files don't have any read/write/execute access for "others". Then just create another user for other people who would use your computer and put them in a different group so that they won't be able to have any access to your files.Comment
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Permissions combined with a bios password is probably enough for most purposes
(without a bios password anyone who can edit the boot parameters or has a live disk can dance around any permission based security...that is getting root access)...and even bios password protection isn't 100% certain.
Encryption (with KGpg, for example) is the strongest everyday solution I'm aware of, provided you create a strong/long enough key and a strong passphrase.
Anyway, as mentioned already it all depends on what you need and how strong you need the protection to be...sometimes just '.hiding' is enough. :P
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