Use tar to compress file tar.gz with password

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I use tar -czf test.tar.gz test/ to compress test forlder to test.tar.gz . Now, I want compress to test.tar.gz with password "mypass" How can I do?

https://superuser.com/questions/162624/how-to-password-protect-gzip-files-on-the-command-line — Denis, Apr 06 '19 at 13:46

score 29 · Answer 1 · edited May 22 '22 at 23:55

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Neither the tar format nor the gz format has built-in support for password-protecting files.
Use crypt or gpg on the
Refer this encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-a-password for more info.

tar cvvjf - /path/to/files | ccrypt > backup.tar.bz2.cpt

or

ccrypt backup.tar.bz2

And then to decrypt:

cat ../backup.tar.bz2 | ccrypt -d | tar -xjf -

You can also use zip

zip -e file.zip file

Will ask you on a prompt for a password. It is more secure then passing the password via the command line via zip -P password.

edited May 22 '22 at 23:55

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But I want enter password on my compress command. Can you help me with this? – abent Jul 14 '14 at 10:20
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zip -e instead of zip -P so that it prompts the password instead. – mencargo May 17 '18 at 15:59
https://superuser.com/questions/162624/how-to-password-protect-gzip-files-on-the-command-line – Denis Apr 06 '19 at 13:46

Use tar to compress file tar.gz with password

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