Comments on: Vim Tip of the Week – Encryption : Aug 3, 2007 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Fri, 11 May 2012 05:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fernando Lopez Jr. http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-14966 Fernando Lopez Jr. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:57:01 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-14966 Here is more information about it: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Encryption Here is more information about it: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Encryption

]]> By: jzacsh http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-10202 jzacsh Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:16:35 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-10202 <a href="#comment-8130" rel="nofollow">@K Peterson </a> Awesome, that's just what I was looking for... now what would be really cool: if you could `grep` or even `less` the encrypted file, have grep figure out (on its own) that its encrypted and then ask you for the passphrase right at the command line! --eg: a crypted file containing "bum blah bum" file ./test ./test: Vim encrypted file data grep 'blah' ./test grep: enter passphrase: ***** bum blah bum -- I think that'd be awesome for keeping passwords/usernames stored (save me from having to `mcrypt -d`, grep the resulting file, then delete the decrypted version again. any thoughts? (maybe even some sort of ease-integration with ascii files that have been crypted with `mcrypt`??) @K Peterson
Awesome, that’s just what I was looking for… now what would be really cool: if you could `grep` or even `less` the encrypted file, have grep figure out (on its own) that its encrypted and then ask you for the passphrase right at the command line!
–eg:
a crypted file containing “bum blah bum”
file ./test
./test: Vim encrypted file data

grep ‘blah’ ./test
grep: enter passphrase: *****
bum blah bum

–
I think that’d be awesome for keeping passwords/usernames stored (save me from having to `mcrypt -d`, grep the resulting file, then delete the decrypted version again.

any thoughts? (maybe even some sort of ease-integration with ascii files that have been crypted with `mcrypt`??)

]]> By: K Peterson http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-8130 K Peterson Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:41:15 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-8130 @sylesh: Open the encrypted file in vim using your old pass phrase. Now type :X and enter an empty pass phrase. Type :w and the file will be saved unencrypted. @sylesh: Open the encrypted file in vim using your old pass phrase. Now type :X and enter an empty pass phrase. Type :w and the file will be saved unencrypted.

]]> By: sylesh http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-4117 sylesh Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:57:07 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-4117 we can encrypt files using vim -x,but how to decrypt the same file and get back it to normal form? we can encrypt files using vim -x,but how to decrypt the same file and get back it to normal form?

]]> By: Ra Jetley http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-2004 Ra Jetley Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:28:50 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-2004 I used vi -x to create a encrypted file. I ftp'ed to a different machine. I am not able to open the using same passphrase. Is there a known issue ?? I used vi -x to create a encrypted file. I ftp’ed to a different machine. I am not able to open the using same passphrase. Is there a known issue ??

]]> By: K Lars Lohn http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-1998 K Lars Lohn Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:36:54 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-1998 I did: >sudo apt-get install vim-full > ... >vim --version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled May 22 2007 21:25:19) Included patches: 1-164, 234-235 and now I have my precious "-x" feature back. The offending version of vim was installed by default in a default fresh install of Ubuntu 7.0.4. This was not an upgrade. I'm kind of at a loss in trying to figure out why they would bother to have a crippled version at all. Thanks for your suggestion. You got me moving again... I did:

>sudo apt-get install vim-full
> …
>vim –version
VIM – Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled May 22 2007 21:25:19)
Included patches: 1-164, 234-235

and now I have my precious “-x” feature back.

The offending version of vim was installed by default in a default fresh install of Ubuntu 7.0.4. This was not an upgrade. I’m kind of at a loss in trying to figure out why they would bother to have a crippled version at all.

Thanks for your suggestion. You got me moving again…

]]> By: Ubuntu Tutorials http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-1997 Ubuntu Tutorials Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:42:00 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-1997 @ K Lars Lohn - running "vim --version" on my machine I get the following: "VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled Jul 16 2007 17:22:49)" I wonder if you are using a previous release on a previous version of ubuntu. Perhaps try installing the vim-full package and see if that gives you any additional features @ K Lars Lohn – running “vim –version” on my machine I get the following:

“VIM – Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled Jul 16 2007 17:22:49)”

I wonder if you are using a previous release on a previous version of ubuntu. Perhaps try installing the vim-full package and see if that gives you any additional features

]]> By: K Lars Lohn http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-1999 K Lars Lohn Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:10:38 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-1999 I've used vim -x for quite a while. I've just moved to a new Ubuntu 7.0.4 box after years on Suse. I was unpleasantly surprised to find that vim under Ubuntu did not have the encrypt option. > vi -x test.txt VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled May 22 2007 21:10:57) Unknown option argument: "-x" More info with: "vim -h" Running vim -h, indeed, showed there is no -x option. The man page, however, does list it. Do you have any idea what's up with this? I’ve used vim -x for quite a while. I’ve just moved to a new Ubuntu 7.0.4 box after years on Suse. I was unpleasantly surprised to find that vim under Ubuntu did not have the encrypt option.

> vi -x test.txt
VIM – Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled May 22 2007 21:10:57)
Unknown option argument: “-x”
More info with: “vim -h”

Running vim -h, indeed, showed there is no -x option. The man page, however, does list it.

Do you have any idea what’s up with this?

]]> By: Ubuntu Tutorials http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-2002 Ubuntu Tutorials Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:38:52 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-2002 Anonymous coward - it's by no means supposed to be the end-all method of security. I didn't post it as full drive encryption, unbreakable encryption or anything of the like. It is simply the built-in encryption included with vim and it *is* better than a plain text file for casual snoopers. Anonymous coward – it’s by no means supposed to be the end-all method of security. I didn’t post it as full drive encryption, unbreakable encryption or anything of the like. It is simply the built-in encryption included with vim and it *is* better than a plain text file for casual snoopers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/03/vim-tip-of-the-week-encryption-aug-3-2007/#comment-2001 Anonymous Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:25:54 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=401#comment-2001 The pkzip encryption was broken over a decade ago! If you want it to be "flexible", maybe you shouldn't use encryption at all; it will be about as secure as this! The pkzip encryption was broken over a decade ago! If you want it to be “flexible”, maybe you shouldn’t use encryption at all; it will be about as secure as this!

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