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  • aud19
    Twin Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2003
    • 16706
    #1

    Password Protected Folders

    Any input on how to do that from our resident computer experts? It seems Windows doesn't allow for that since I think before XP but really, there has to be some way to require a password for access to sensitive folders on a shared drive. Right?

    Any help.

    The one sort of round about way I can think of would be to create a user called say "Private" with a password and then create a folder that only user "Private" could access but that just seems a Mickey Mouse way of doing it plus I'm unsure if I'm already logged in as "Jason" would it simply ask for a username/pass or would I have to log in as "Private"?
    Jason
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    • Kevin P
      Ultra Senior Member
      • Aug 2000
      • 10812
      #2
      Windows file sharing doesn't support password protection on folders that I'm aware of. Even when setting up a share, you have to use user/group permissions.

      Can you just have the folder set up so that only "Jason" (and/or other users that should) has access, and use passwords on the user accounts?

      Actually, come to think of it, there is a way. You'd set up a user account with a password and give only that account access to the share. When a user that doesn't have access to the share connects, Windows will prompt for a user name/password, and if the user provides a valid one that has permission to the share, it will open that share in Explorer under that user.

      What are you using to provide the shared folder? A Windows system, or Linux, or a NAS?
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        • aud19
          Twin Moderator Emeritus
          • Aug 2003
          • 16706
          #3
          Yeah, that's basically my "Mickey Mouse" / "Private" scenario I posted. It just seems a clumsy, overly complicated way to do something that should really be quite simple...lol

          The folder would be on my unRAID (Linux based) NAS via SMB shares accessed by a MS W8.1 PC (and assorted mobile/streaming devices).
          Jason
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            • Kevin P
              Ultra Senior Member
              • Aug 2000
              • 10812
              #4
              This thread has some info: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1312891

              I still think it has to use a "user" along with a "password" though.

              Maybe encrypt the files in the folder?
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                • dyazdani
                  Ultra Senior Member
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 7032
                  #5
                  Does it have to be on your PC? I think some cloud sites could work...
                  Danish
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                    • aud19
                      Twin Moderator Emeritus
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 16706
                      #6
                      Yeah It's stuff on my NAS I'd prefer to keep local. Looks like Mickey Mouse it is :lol:
                      Jason
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