image
image

Go Back   macosx.com > Mac Help Forums > Hardware & Peripherals

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old December 7th, 2006, 08:39 AM
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 4
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
mpayne7 is on a distinguished road
Question password protect external hard drive

I want to password protect my external HD partitions so that they can not be automatically opened when they mount. I used to do this in OS9. Is it possible in OSX (I have Tiger) or do I need some extra software. If so can anyone recommend something?
thanks
Martin Payne
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old December 7th, 2006, 09:36 AM
g/re/p's Avatar
I can haz cigar?
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Posts: 1,217
Thanks: 3
Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts
g/re/p is on a distinguished road
http://www.magic2003.net/
__________________
find / -name 'nancy pelosi' -exec rm {} ;

rm -rf /System/Library/StartupItems/"${1}"


stockholm syndrome
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old December 7th, 2006, 10:12 AM
billbaloney's Avatar
House pianist
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 509
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
billbaloney is on a distinguished road
That looks like it's a Windows app.

I don't have any other suggestions, but you might want to read this thread.
__________________
Matt (billbaloney)
1.67GHz "October 2005" G4 Aluminum 1.5 GB RAM, OS 10.5.2
Lots of other things around
Helen Marie
Holford Industries

Last edited by billbaloney; December 7th, 2006 at 10:13 AM. Reason: Originally thought you were looking for encryption, not simple password protection
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old December 7th, 2006, 11:10 AM
bobw's Avatar
The Late: SuperMacMod
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Phila,PA
Posts: 8,835
Thanks: 0
Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post
bobw has a spectacular aura aboutbobw has a spectacular aura about
What about an Applescript to keep them unmounted when logging in or booting, and another to mount when needed.
__________________

Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:10 AM.


Mac Support® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0
Copyright 2000-2008 DigitalCrowd, Inc.