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December 2010: How to password protect files and folders in Ubuntu.

Cryptkeeper is a simple power user application that will help you keep your private information safe and secure. Basically Cryptkeeper is a Linux system tray applet that manages EncFS encrypted folders. EncFS is a free FUSE (file system in Userspace) -based cryptographic filesystem that transparently encrypts files, using an arbitrary directory as storage for the encrypted files.

Installation:

Open terminal and execute command:

sudo apt-get install cryptkeeper

This will install all the necessary files. (Alternatively you can install it from synaptic package manager)

Now log out and log back in. Once you are logged back in, you can start Cryptkeeper from the menu Applications->System Tools->Cryptkeeper.

You should see the Cryptkeeper icon in your System Tray that looks like a pair of keys. This can vary a bit based on your current icon theme.

How to use it.

* Click on the Cryptkeeper icon and select New encrypted folder.
* Enter a name for your new folder and select a location for it. Click forward
* In the next screen, enter the password and click Forward.
* Click OK in the last screen.

Depending on your Gnome settings, a Nautilus File Manager window may have popped up for your new encrypted folder. Cryptkeeper actually creates a small encrypted folder that it mounts as an encrypted drive.

Create a new file or paste an existing file in your new encrypted folder. To hide your encrypted folder, click the Cryptkeeper icon and uncheck your folder listed. To reopen your encrypted folder, just click on the Cryptkeeper icon and check the box next to it. Enter your encryption password at the prompt, and you’re in.

You can also set cryptkeeper to Autostart when you turn on your computer. To do this go to Systems–>Preferences–>Startup Applications and click Add give both name and command as cryptkeeper to start it up automatically.

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Summarised by the WOUGNET Techsupport team from an article by linuxtips.

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