[Need testers] Conceal: an encrypted folder manager for Linux
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sat Sep 8 01:08:05 UTC 2007
On 08/09/2007 07:52 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/09/2007 02:43 PM, Kevin Dunglas wrote:
>> Hi,
>> a public version of my Summer of Code Project is available.
>>
>> It's a set of tools to encrypt directories on Linux and especially
>> Ubuntu. It includes:
>> - a Python module
>> - a command line tool
>> - a GTK interface
>> - a highly experimental KDE interface
>>
>> I need feedbacks to debug, stabilize this software :)
>>
>> You can get source, Ubuntu packages and a more detailed article on my blog :
>> http://life.lapin-blanc.net/blog/keyes/2007/08/09/conceal-encrypted-folder-manager
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I'll give it a go tomorrow.
>
> Gary
>
>
Delayed followup (I finally got around to some brief testing today):
1. Command line works, & conceal-gtk works, but the interface is rather
conceal-gtk kludgy. There is a "Help" button, but no help. Command line
'conceal -help' consists of:
conceal -help
Usage: conceal [options]
Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-e DIRECTORY, --encrypt=DIRECTORY
encrypt DIRECTORY
-c DIRECTORY, --close=DIRECTORY
close DIRECTORY
-o DIRECTORY, --open=DIRECTORY
open encrypted DIRECTORY
-i IDLE, --idle=IDLE automaticaly close after IDLE time
-d DIRECTORY, --decrypt=DIRECTORY
decrypt DIRECTORY
-p DIRECTORY, --change-password=DIRECTORY
change the password of DIRECTORY
-l, --clean Clean directories list
-s, --stdin Get input from stdin
2. Nautilus Conceal does not work at all. There is no right-click and no
drag & drop. And even right clicking on the files that are moved to
.conceal/crypt/somerandomname does not bring up conceal-gtk.
3. Removal of conceal (sudo apt-get remove conceal - which removes
conceal conceal-gtk nautilus-conceal) does not remove the .conceal
directory or files - which is probably a good thing. However, reinstall
& running of conceal-gtk brings up the gui but selection of the old
files w/correct password results in loss of *all* files previously
encrypted during the original install & encryption.
Sorry, but unless I've missed something obvious I give the project a big
thumbs down.
Gary
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