access restrictions to USB stick

Hey Everyone


I would like to change access rights to my micro SD connected thru a hub.

not possible thru "get info" window or thru terminal with command "chmod"


https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/guide/mac-help/mchlp1203/mac


Nicolas

iMac 24″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 9, 2022 6:21 AM

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Posted on Aug 9, 2022 2:23 PM

How is the USB stick formatted? Some formats (especially those on a USB stick) do not have permissions or any access control.

What is stored on the USB stick? An OS or Time Machine backup? Those cannot be modified.

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Aug 9, 2022 11:59 PM in response to Nicollivier

> is it possible to open the encrypted file with windows afterwards?


I guess not. But I have sometimes made an encrypted .zip file although the standard zip encryption is very weak and is easily cracked.


zip -re output.zip input_file.txt input_folder


zip -h show help


-r recurse into directories

-e encrypt


https://askubuntu.com/questions/17641/create-encrypted-password-protected-zip-file


See also (I have not tried these):


https://gpgtools.org/


https://www.openpgp.org/software/misc/gpgfrontend/


https://www.pixelstech.net/article/1603964056-Encrypting-and-decrypting-PGP-file-or-text-on-MacOS


Veracrypt is a multi-platform drive encryption option (it was forked from the original True-Crypt project when the original developers abandoned the project):


https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html


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