Password Protected Folders

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  • aud19
    Twin Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2003
    • 16706

    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
  • Kevin P
    Member
    • Aug 2000
    • 10809

    #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
        Member
        • Aug 2000
        • 10809

        #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
          Moderator Emeritus
          • 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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