On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Jim Elmore wrote: Not built that comes standard with the os as far as I can tell. I even took a quick look through the command line programs and didn't find anything. I did a quick search on "crypt" at http://www.macupdate.com and turned up several programs that should do what you want. Here's the first interesting thing that Google found: http://www.securemac.com/ tresor.php. Phil -- "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." -- Susan B. Anthony