Re: password protection of files/folders

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From: phil
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 20:29

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In article <90326.152617F68411@BARILVM.BITNET>, F68411@BARILVM.BITNET writes:
> Does anyone know of a reliable program to password protect files or folders
> on the hard disk?  Many macs here are used by multiple users, and we need
> some way of assuring that files are private and secure.  I would prefer
> something in the public domain, if such a program exists there.

I suggest that the users carry their own documents on a floppy disk.  I would
if I was working in such a situation -- I wouldn't trust other users not to
delete them.  Noone can read a document if the disk isn't in a computer...

> Annice
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Phil Etheridge (phil@waikato.ac.nz)                 /\  /\   -+-,--, .--, ._
Computer Services/Mathematics & Statistics         /  \/  \  / /--< /--  /
University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ.              /        \/ /__.) \_  /

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From: phil@waikato.ac.nz
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Subject: Re: password protection of files/folders
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Date: 22 Nov 90 20:29:40 GMT
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