On Fri, Mar 07, 2008, Kevin Guise wrote: > Greetings, > > I would like to use openssl to encrypt large volumes of neuroimaging data. > These data are organized into separate directories, each containing hundreds > of files. > > What I want to do is to write a script that finds each file in the directory > structure, encrypts it using openssl, and overwrites the original. Because > there are thousands of files, I don't want to have to type a password in for > each file encrypted. Does anyone know of any possible solutions to this? >
There are command line options for password sources, see the manual pages for the syntax. Care should be taken that passwords aren't visible on shared systems with commands like "ps" though. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
