Auto execute python in USB flash disk

[Brian Erhard]

I am still fairly new to python and wanted to attempt a home made
password protection program. There are files that I carry on a USB
flash drive that I would like to password protect. Essentially, I
would like to password protect an entire directory of files. Is there
a way to auto execute a python script after a user double clicks to
open a folder on the USB drive? How can you capture that double click
event on a specific folder?

Thanks.

 

[Ene]

I am still fairly new to python and wanted to attempt a home made
password protection program. There are files that I carry on a USB
flash drive that I would like to password protect. Essentially, I
would like to password protect an entire directory of files. Is there
a way to auto execute a python script after a user double clicks to
open a folder on the USB drive? How can you capture that double click
event on a specific folder?

Thanks.

Install the free PortablePython from http://www.portablepython.com/ on
your USB
flash drive, and go from there.

 

[kyosohma]

I am still fairly new to python and wanted to attempt a home made
password protection program. There are files that I carry on a USB
flash drive that I would like to password protect. Essentially, I
would like to password protect an entire directory of files. Is there
a way to auto execute a python script after a user double clicks to
open a folder on the USB drive? How can you capture that double click
event on a specific folder?

Thanks.

I've never done this before, but it sounds cool. You would need to
create some kind of python file object to do this properly. So instead
of actually clicking a folder, you would click a pickled file or
something. I found some cool info about encrypting files here:

http://www.methods.co.nz/python/

There's also a python cryptography kit: http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/pycrypt/

Finally, I found a fellow python programmer that wrote his own:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-April/378510.html

There's also PortablePython...

Enjoy!

Mike

 

[Tim Golden]

Is there
a way to auto execute a python script after a user double clicks to
open a folder on the USB drive? How can you capture that double click
event on a specific folder?

That would depend on what desktop / Operating System you're
using. If it's Windows, you need a shell extension (which
is non-trivial to understand and write). If it's one of the
Linux desktops, someone else had better chip in!

TJG

 

[Shane Geiger]

That would depend on what desktop / Operating System you're
using. If it's Windows, you need a shell extension (which
is non-trivial to understand and write). If it's one of the
Linux desktops, someone else had better chip in!

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2006_07_15.shtml#e390


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What is Movable Python
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[Larry Bates]

I am still fairly new to python and wanted to attempt a home made
password protection program. There are files that I carry on a USB
flash drive that I would like to password protect. Essentially, I
would like to password protect an entire directory of files. Is there
a way to auto execute a python script after a user double clicks to
open a folder on the USB drive? How can you capture that double click
event on a specific folder?

Thanks.

Unless you are just doing this to learn, I would suggest you purchase
USB key with encryption included. They are REALLY cheap.

http://www.kingston.com/flash/DataTravelers_enterprise.asp

-Larry

 

[Ben Finney]

Install the free PortablePython from http://www.portablepython.com/
on your USB flash drive, and go from there.

To be clear: In addition to being a zero-cost download, Portable
Python is free software:

Python® distribution included in Portable Python is licensed under
PSF License, SciTE is licensed under SciTE license and Portable
Python scripts are licensed under GPL license.

<URL:http://www.portablepython.com/site/download/>

 

[Graeme Glass]

Or take a look at http://www.truecrypt.org/ (Unless like Brain said,
you are doing this to learn)