I need to be able to encrypt/decrypt a single text file stored on my external HD in 12.04 LTS, preferably a GUI application, if any, or the command line otherwise. Thank you.
Ubuntu – Encrypting/Decrypting a single file in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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I need to be able to encrypt/decrypt a single text file stored on my external HD in 12.04 LTS, preferably a GUI application, if any, or the command line otherwise. Thank you.
Best Answer
A simple way to encrypt a single file is with
openssl
:This will prompt you for a passphrase, which you will need to enter later when decrypting the file.
To make this "graphical" you could put it in a
Nautilus
script and make it accessible from the context menu. (See the docs ofNautilus
for that.)UPDATE
des3
is just an example. Runopenssl list-cipher-algorithms
to see the full list of ciphers.