Re: encrypting a single file

[Jason Pepas <j.pepas@mail.utexas.edu>]

On Monday 04 November 2002 03:57 pm, Levi Waldron wrote:
> Is there a simple way to encrypt a single text file on my system, so that
> it can only be viewed if you know the password?  I want to securely store
> my online username/passwords, bank card PINs, etc that I'm always
> forgetting.
>
> -Levi

from http://jason.pepas.com/linux/notes/password-protect-files.txt

howto password protect (encrypt) files using gpg:

lets say you want to encrypt passwords.txt.

    gpg --symmetric passwords.txt

enter your password when prompted.

to decrypt it:

    gpg --decrypt passwords.txt.gpg > passwords.txt

-jason pepas