Comment 16 for bug 319423

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Arya (arya766) wrote : Re: [Bug 319423] Re: Encryption

This is good, but not that good. I'd rather an internal password. After
all, this is not so hard to break, but of course better than no password at
all.
On May 11, 2014 1:30 PM, "Tony" <email address hidden> wrote:

> simple password protection without encryption would be enough, I mean I
> don't want my relatives to click the shortcut "diary" and open my
> private files
>
> I've come up with such a script, it creates password protected zip and
> deletes data folder every time you close RedNotebook
>
> 1. Create file "openred.sh" on your desktop
> 2. Open it and paste:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> cd ~/.rednotebook
> unzip data.zip
>
> rednotebook
>
> #change 'secretpassword' to password you would like to have
> zip --password secretpassword -r data.zip data
> #delete data folder
> rm -rf data
>
> 4. Change secretpassword in line starting with "zip --pas..." to your
> password
> 5. Save and close "openred.sh"
> 6. Right click on "openred.sh" -> Properties -> Permissions and check
> "allow execution" at the bottom
> 7. To run RedNotebook open terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and write
> "./Desktop/openred.sh" in the terminal
>
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> duplicate bug report (1279543).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319423
>
> Title:
> Encryption
>
> Status in RedNotebook - A Desktop Journal:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Is there a way to have an option to enable encryption for the diary?
>
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