how to protect file using password

[Karl F. Larsen]

jiten jha wrote:
> Dear all,
>                I have a file i just want to protect it using password . like when every one open that file that it is asking for password. tell me the command prompt option and command also.
>  
> Thanks and Regard
> Jitendra Jha
> +91-9893325765
>
>
>
>       
>   
    Every file has a owner. Every owner has a password. You check for 
the owner with ls -al and it will give you something like this:

karl at karl-hardy:~$ ls -al test
-rw-r--r-- 1 karl karl 528 2008-08-11 16:40 test

The -rw means read and write. The karl means user karl is the owner.

73 Karl



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