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Old 9th October 2008
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Originally Posted by mfaridi View Post
I do not want first tar that folder and then encrypt it , it is take time for extract it .
Well, if its say a 1GB folder then the i/o involved will take time.

Why don't you simply create another user account called userX.
# chmod 700 ~userX

Then, put all ya top-secret stuff in there.

Anytime you want to access the top-secret stuff just do the following from your regular account:
$ su - userX

Ofcourse, for max. safety use tar + openssl.
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