In this short tutorial, you will learn to create password-protected "private" folders. The advantage of this type of folder is that files stored in it will be encrypted and only you and no one other than you will be able to see, edit, delete, etc. |
Steps to follow
1.- The trick is to install the package ecryptfs-utils.
sudo apt-get install ecryptfs-utils
2.- Open a terminal and run:
ecryptfs-setup-private
3.- It will ask for your user password (the same with which you will log in) and a new password, which will be used to mount the «private» folder. Using both keys, ecryptfs will encrypt the folder in question.
4.- Log out and when you log in again, a «Private» folder will be created in your HOME folder.
Note: Don't forget to make a copy of the file ~ / .ecryptfs / wrapped-passphrase in a safe place. Tomorrow, when you need to access this folder, ecryptfs needs that file in its place in order to decrypt the information contained in it. The copy can serve you in case you delete the file accidentally or some other kind of misfortune occurs. 🙁
You see, I am not the root of the PC, only the user range, and as such it does not let me ... Is there any way to solve it? Thank you
Here is a somewhat more detailed explanation: http://hatteras.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/crear-un-directorio-cifrado-el-directorio-private/
A very useful post. Thank you.
P.S. I'm glad you're back, I hope you had fun. = D
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Hello, how would I do when I want to remove the security from said folder.