How do I password protect SQLite database?

How do I make SQLite secure?

In the end, it seems like the best solution for storing sensitive data in SQLite is to encrypt it before storage. If you prefer not to encrypt the data yourself, SQLite has an extension called SQLCipher that will perform encryption. The commercial version does have a fee, but the community edition is open source.

Is SQLite db secure?

SQLite engine do not have built-in security to protect databases, rather, it relies on its environment such as the operating system to provide security for database content. While Android provides security mechanisms for SQLite databases, it has been shown to be inadequate.

How can I tell if SQLite database is encrypted?

Inspect the first 16 bytes of the database file directly, if they are equal to the string "SQLite format 3\000" then the file is not encrypted, and is a standard SQLite database. If something happens and a crash occurs during sqlcipher_export, the original database will be left untouched.

Does SQLite have username and password?

SQLite doesn't have a concept of username/password. It's just a single file based database. However, on Unix you can protect your database from other users on the same machine by setting the permissions of the database file itself.