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Is there anyway to secure a folder from other's access through password? Preferably free.

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If you really want to create a password protected archive then you could also create a password protected disk image. See How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image in Mac OS X 10.3 or later. You don't need any 3rd party software for that, it will create a separate file that you can use to store your sensitive data, and when you open it will be opened just like a regular volume (external disk or the like), so you can add/remove files as you see fit.

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If you're talking about other user accounts on the system, simply use chmod(1), like this:

chmod 700 /my/private/directory

That'll give your account read, write, execute access to the directory, and remove those rights from the other users on the system. Of course, root can easily bypass this.

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