Making specific folders password protected in Public folder

If I have two subfolders in the Public folder of my iDisk - each containing images for a different person - can I specify a different password for each folder?
Thanks

You cannot password protect an ordinary folder. A "disk image" is a special kind of folder that you CAN password protect; on the desktop that 'folder' has the icon of a volume because it actually is a temporary volume. Use Disk Utility to create as many such disk images as you need, each with its own password, and each with a meaningful name ("JonsPics", "stuffforMary", whatever) so that you don't get confused. Put the appropriate files into each disk image and give the appropriate people the password they will need.
Where you then put those disk images (files with suffix .dmg or .sparseimage), on an iDisk or anywhere else, is immaterial.
Try an experiment. Use Disk Utility to create a disk image (with encryption) on, say, your desktop. Drag some files into the temporary volume that has appeared (the 'folder'). Now unmount the temporary volume via a Finder window's sidebar 'eject' symbol or by dragging the volume to the trash - (which is equivalent to closing the folder). You will have a xxx.dmg or a xxx.sparseimage file on your desktop: it contains your files, but hidden from prying eyes - double-click it - it will ask for a password... Those .dmg (or .sparseimage) files are what you will upload to your iDisk.
You can mount a volume from a .dmg or .sparseimage file as often as you like - just as you can open a folder as often as you like -- but with these kind of "folders", once you have closed/unmounted them, you will only be able to remount/reopen them with the correct password.
Don't lose a password - Disk Utility warns you that without it you will be unable to access your files... which is exactly what you have been asking how to do!
Do try it -- you will find it a lot simpler than trying to follow my explanation!  
Andreas

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