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So me and my wife have folders that we don't want our son to have access to, is there a way to put where you have a password to access ...
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- 08-22-2010 #1Just Joined!
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Password required folder?
So me and my wife have folders that we don't want our son to have access to, is there a way to put where you have a password to access the folder?
- 08-22-2010 #2Linux Guru
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You can use the method explained in this link which will accomplish what you want in the end:
How to password protect a folder on Linux? - Ubuntu Forums
Or you could create a directory as root and place the directories you don't want you son to have access to then change permissions to: chmod 700 for all directories. Need to have yourself and wife as member of group root.
- 08-23-2010 #3Linux Engineer
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Actually, you should create another group, say, parents, and use it instead of root group. Using root account or root group is just bad practice and unnecessary security risk.
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Make you and your wife members of the same group (such as "Parents"), and son a member of group "Kids". Then, disallow access to "Others". IE: chmod o-rwx foldername
That will block his access to that folder. No password required. Just don't let him figure out what you or your wife's login passwords happen to be...
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