[NTLUG:Discuss] my bad - my real subject is security in tar or gzip or something like that

[Fred James]

...couple of problems:
(1) this seems to be Linux specific, not UNIX in general, though I might 
be able to get around that.
(2) I would be applying this to binary data files (Oracle to be 
specific), and that sounds a little scary - any experience along those 
lines?


George Lass wrote:

> man zip.....
> 
>        -e     Encrypt the contents of the  zip  archive  using  a
>               password  which  is  entered  on  the  terminal  in
>               response to a prompt (this will not be  echoed;  if
>               standard  error is not a tty, zip will exit with an
>               error).  The password prompt is  repeated  to  save
>               the user from typing errors.
> 
> 
> 
> Fred James wrote:
> 
>>(I FUBAR'd on my first attempt to send this to the list - my subject
>>line was "password" - I apologize to anyone I have inconvenienced.)
>>
>>Anybody know anything about a password protected tar or gzip or
>>something like that?
>>
>>--
>>"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates
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