Paul, Thanks for the reply. Yes the shop has only one machine and many users use it to perform transactions. Maybe a basic Linux/Unix permissions will do as Thomas Kruger suggested in the thread following you.
--Jimmy Paul Rubin wrote: > Jimmy E Touma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I need some advise on doing the following. I have a Linux application >> that allows users to access it via a code (password). At the end of the >> day, I gather a log of activities of the users and zip the file and >> would like to encrypt it so that the users can not access it or tamper >> with it. Only manager should. If I use a private/public key for doing so >> I have to store the private key on my computer. What is a good way to >> encrypt a file and have the key well hidden on the same computer? If you >> have any other way to do, like MD5 or similar, please let me know. > > Are you saying you have a desktop app that's running on the user's own > machine and you're trying to prevent the user from getting at the log > data? That is impossible if the user has control over the machine and > is willing and able to hack the software. If you just want to make an > encrypted file that the user can't decrypt, use a public key on the > user's machine, and only have the secret key on the manager's machine. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
