Encrypt Files And Folders In Ubuntu Using Seahorse
Seahorse is a Gnome front end for GnuPG - the Gnu Privacy Guard program. It is a tool for secure communications and data storage. Data encryption and digital signature creation can easily be performed through a GUI and Key Management operations can easily be carried out through an intuitive interface.
In addition it includes an agent for storing private passphrases, as well as a GnuPG and OpenSSH key manager.
Using this small application in Ubuntu (Gnome), you can quickly secure confidential files. Here is how.
Install Seahorse:
Then restart Nautilus:
Install Seahorse:
sudo apt-get install seahorse-pluginsThen restart Nautilus:
killall nautilus && nautilus &
