Am 14.12.23 um 16:55 schrieb Dave Howorth:
On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:18:50 -0500 Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
* Daniel Bauer <linux@daniel-bauer.com> [12-14-23 08:26]:
For you maybe a strange question, but I don't understand...
I want to encrypt a folder so that it can only be opened using a password.
I use dolphin (in KDE) right click on a folder and chose
actions->pack and encrypt folder ("Ordner packen und verschlüsseln)
In the following dialog I deselect "encrypt for others" and select "encrypt with Password", enter the password, click ok.
A "foldername.tar.pgp" is created. It is encrypted.
Then I right-click that file, select actions->decrypt and the decrypted folder is created immediately without asking me the password.
So what's the use of this encryption when it can be decrypted without the password???
How do I encrypt a folder so that it actually can only be decrypted using a password?
I have little knowledge of encryption but. You encrypted "for others", so why would *you* need a password. *you* are logged into the session so should have direct access.
Me neither, but Daniel wrote 'I deselect "encrypt for others"', which I gather you didn't notice.
In the following dialog I deselect "encrypt for others" and select "encrypt with Password", enter the password, click ok.
Maybe this function ist not correct working? i have also no good knowledge, but the .pgp at the file will suggest (at least for me) that its with the pgp/gpg key crypted. as far as you have your private+public key on your computer and kde finds it, it will use this keypair for crypt and decrypt. simoN -- www.becherer.de