On Thursday 05 May 2005 14:42, Bob Miller wrote: > If you just want to encrypt a tar file, you can do this. > > tar cvf - ./$Path | openssl bf -e -pass pass:xyzzy > /dev/st0 >> $TOC > > To decrypt, do this. > > openssl bf -d < /dev/st0 | tar xf - $files > enter bf-cbc decryption password: xyzzy > > Look at the openssl and bf man pages for details. > > But think carefully about password management. The scheme above > uses a fixed password. A regularly changing one would be better. > A password that isn't stored in a script would be better yet.
If you use the above as a command wouldn't the password be in history. On ocassion I have to go through my history file and delete things when I make a misstake. Or is it like SSH where it asks for the password? I didn't know you could do that thanks for showing us how to do it. Tim _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
