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Old 01-05-2008, 05:12 AM
Michael W. Ryder
 
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Default Re: Zip program with password protection

Uli Link wrote:

> Michael W. Ryder schrieb:
>
>> Is there a zip program available for AIX 4.3.3 that supports creating
>> the archive with a password usable with PKUNZIP or ZipMagic? One of
>> our clients wants us to e-mail them a data file with password
>> protection. I could do this by transferring the file to a Windows
>> machine and zipping it with a password there but would prefer to
>> create the archive on the RS/6000 to eliminate the chances for errors.
>> I looked at ZIP and GZIP but neither lists passwords as one of their
>> options for creating an archive file.

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>
> Get the source of InfoZip and replace "crypt.c" and "crypt.h" with the
> files from "zcrypt29.zip". Then your zip/unzip will have the password
> encryption feature. I can mail you a selfextracting archive with
> binaries built on AIX 3.2.5.1 which works on 4.3.3 and 5.1 too.
>


I found a binary on their site that worked once I figured out the
command line (cannot use -e and -P together). Thanks for the information.
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