On 1/28/07, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/28/07, Erik Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to create a zip file with password through > > > > thunar-archive-plugin? > > > > > > These features need to be provided by your default archiver. If they > > > do, then it is supported. > > > > > > Currently, neither file-roller, Xarchiver nor Squeeze support this IIRC. > > > > > > Though i would not know why anyone would want to 'protect' an archive > > > with a password, > > > simple rwx------ permissions would do the trick just fine. > > > > Obviously, to secure the data in transmission. I recall using password > > protected ZIPs in the DOS days of shareware. You buy the software, > > they mail you the unzip password for the full version > > Certainly, for security reasons, in particular to send sensible files > through e-mail. And it is false that the plugin is able to insert > passwords in case of archivers with that feature; as an example, take > file-roller that has password support.
No, my argument is correct. The archiver provides the dialog shown to you... if you want it to give you the password-protection option. It should be added there. Currently all the archivers i mentioned above provide password-entry inside the 'add' dialog. But it is the 'new' dialog which you get to see when using the thunar-archive-plugin. When passing command-line options (which is what tap does), these archivers should (optionally) allow you to enter a password in the 'new' dialog. Neither of them presents this feature. But still... there are better ways to transfer files from A to B over a secure line. Stephan _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
