Password Protected Folders

[aud19]

Yeah It's stuff on my NAS I'd prefer to keep local. Looks like Mickey Mouse it is :lol:

[dyazdani]

Does it have to be on your PC? I think some cloud sites could work...

[Kevin P]

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?

[aud19]

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).

[Kevin P]

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?

[aud19]

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"?