How to ZIP all files and folders in a folder with a password?

Cort Ammon · Oct 15, 2018

My website is putting in public_html and I want ZIP all files and folders in this folder with a password? file format should be .zip and it needs a password to protect file. When I download it to Windows, I need to use password to open it. How can I do this?

Normally I am using this code zip -r filename.zip * .htaccess but I need to add password while creating zip file. can anyone help?

TehParadox · Oct 15, 2018

use that methods, it works
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/381631/zip-file-issue-using-password

Pusya · Nov 11, 2018

That's easy.
You just zip them and set up a password during the "zip initiation" process.

Chris Worner · Nov 11, 2018

Pusya said:
That's easy.
You just zip them and set up a password during the "zip initiation" process.

This way is easy if you are using Windows and having a zip program to help you compress your files. It will be not easy if you are using Linux.

imRelease said:
use that methods, it works
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/381631/zip-file-issue-using-password

I got this from them

The command goes something like,
zip --encrypt foo.zip foo.txt which asks for password on terminal,
Enter password:
Verify password:
updating: foo.txt (stored 0%)

So when we need to open a zip file or extract this foo.zip from SSH, how to open/extract it with a password?

VirtuBox · Nov 11, 2018

Cort Ammon said:
My website is putting in public_html and I want ZIP all files and folders in this folder with a password? file format should be .zip and it needs a password to protect file. When I download it to Windows, I need to use password to open it. How can I do this?

Normally I am using this code zip -r filename.zip * .htaccess but I need to add password while creating zip file. can anyone help?

Hello,
if you usually use :

Bash:

zip -r filename.zip * .htaccess

You just need to add "-P yourpassword" to your command :

Bash:

zip -r filename.zip * .htaccess  -P yourpassword

How to ZIP all files and folders in a folder with a password?

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