Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!drivax!frotz From: frotz@dri.com (Frotz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Help me, my lovlies... Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 20:49:25 GMT References: <1991Jun5.193815.16565@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: frotz@dri.com Reply-To: frotz@dri.com Distribution: ca Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA/USA or none (see also My_Desk) Lines: 43 janag@violet.berkeley.edu writes: ]Howdy. If someone could simply point me in the right direction ]I would be grateful. I am looking for a program that will ]password protect directories. Not files, not hard drives, just ]individual directories. If this was an easy program to find I ]wouldn't bother to post here, but trust me, I've tried. I ]KNOW that this program is out there, I just must be looking in ]all the wrong places. But that's trivial...right now, finding ]this program is an obsession. I MUST HAVE IT! ]Thanx.. DR DOS 5.0 has this. Here is the usage/help screen. PASSWORD R1.51 Display or change password protection level Copyright (c) 1987,1988,1989,1990 Digital Research Inc. All rights reserved. PASSWORD [/Help] [@][d:][path][filename.ext] [/R|W|D|P|G[:password]] [/N][/S] /R[:password] "password" will be required to read, write or delete the FILE /W[:password] "password" will be required to write or delete the FILE /D[:password] "password" will only be required to delete the FILE /P[:password] "password" will be required for all access to the DIRECTORY /G[:password] set global default password Use '*' in place of password to request hidden entry: eg. /R:* /N remove password protection from file /NP remove password protection from directory /NG remove global default password /S operate on files or directories in subdirectories Multiple files may be specified on the command line. Use '@' to specify that the filename that follows is the name of a file list. -- John "Frotz" Fa'atuai frotz@dri.com (email@domain) Digital Research, Inc. uunet!drivax!frotz (bang!email) c/o MIS Dept. 408/647-6570 or 408/646-6287 (vmail) 80 Garden Court, CompRm 408/649-3896 (phone) Monterey, CA 93940 408/646-6248 (fax)