{"id":13568,"date":"2019-04-03T10:48:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13568"},"modified":"2019-04-03T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:48:31","slug":"how-to-create-a-password-protected-zip-file-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/03\/how-to-create-a-password-protected-zip-file-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Password Protected ZIP File in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZIP<\/strong>\u00a0is a very popular compression and file packaging utility for Unix-like operating systems as well as Windows. While perusing through the zip man page, I discovered some useful options for protecting zip archives.<\/p>\n

Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0How to Password Protect a Vim File in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

In this post, I will show you how to create a password protected zip file on the terminal in Linux. This will help you learn a practical way of encrypting and decrypting contents of zip archive files.<\/p>\n

First install\u00a0zip<\/strong>\u00a0utility in your Linux distribution using the package manger as shown.<\/p>\n

$ sudo yum install zip    [On CentOS\/RHEL]\r\n$ sudo dnf install zip    [On Fedora 22+]\r\n$ sudo apt install zip    [On Debian\/Ubuntu]\r\n<\/pre>\n
How to Create Password Protected ZIP in Linux<\/h3>\n
Once installed, you can use the\u00a0zip<\/strong>\u00a0command with\u00a0-p<\/code>\u00a0flag to create a password protected zip archive called\u00a0ccat-command.zip<\/strong>\u00a0from the directory of files called\u00a0ccat-1.1.0<\/strong>\u00a0as follows.<\/p>\n
$ zip -p pass123 ccat-command.zip ccat-1.1.0\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
\n
\"Create<\/a><\/p>\n
Create Password Protected Zip File<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
However, the above method is absolutely insecure, because here the password is provided as clear-text on the command line. Secondly, it will also be stored in the history file (e.g\u00a0~.bash_history<\/strong>\u00a0for bash), meaning another user with access to your account (more especially\u00a0root<\/strong>\u00a0user) will easily see the password.<\/p>\n
Therefore, try to always use the\u00a0-e<\/code>\u00a0flag, it shows a prompt allowing you to enter a hidden password as shown.<\/p>\n
$ zip -e ccat-command.zip ccat-1.1.0\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
\n
\"Create<\/a><\/p>\n
Create Password Protect Zip Archive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
How to Unzip Password Protected ZIP in Linux<\/h3>\n
To unzip and decrypt the content of the archive file called\u00a0ccat-command.zip<\/strong>, use the\u00a0unzip<\/strong>\u00a0program and provide the password you entered above.<\/p>\n
$ unzip ccat-command.zip\r\n<\/pre>\n
\n
\"Decrypt<\/a><\/p>\n
Decrypt ZIP Archive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That\u2019s It! In this post, I described how to create a password protected zip file on the terminal in Linux. If you have any queries, or other useful related tip\/tricks to share, use the comment form below ping us.<\/p>\n
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ZIP\u00a0is a very popular compression and file packaging utility for Unix-like operating systems as well as Windows. While perusing through the zip man page, I discovered some useful options for protecting zip archives. Read Also:\u00a0How to Password Protect a Vim File in Linux In this post, I will show you how to create a password … <\/p>\n
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