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14 May 09
mfillpot wrote:
lucky you, someone just posted on commandlinefu about the vim password protection. just use vim -x {filename}
the post is on http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2100/add-password-protection-to-a-file-your-editing-in-vim.
nice
14 May 09
ok done.
i installed vim :
sudo apt-get install vim
then after that:
vim -x test
enter encryption keys:
yehey!!! problem solve.....
14 May 09
I am glad to see that it works for you.
Rather than encrypting single files I store all of my sensitive files in a single encrypted false-partition so that all files are centrally located and accessible with a single password.
I would suggest looking into it if you need to protect multiple files.
14 May 09
My reason:
i am doing it because im gonna bind my different files using windows "Google file binding binary mode" , then transfer the file in my ubuntu box then edit it and put a password. if anyone will look my file they will say it is only a regular large file but they do not know that some files are bonded. ^__^
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