Cannot share efs folder

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I use WinXP Prof Service pack 2.
I can encrypt myfolder

What I have done is :

right click folder -> properties -> advance button -> enabled "Ecrypt
contents to secure data"

but I cannot share my efs folder, "detail button" is disable ?

right click folder -> properties -> advance button -> detail button

Please help ....

Regards,

Kresna
 
Hi,

You have to do it at the file level. Giving appropriate permissions at the
folder level is not sufficient.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I use WinXP Prof Service pack 2.
I can encrypt myfolder

What I have done is :

right click folder -> properties -> advance button -> enabled "Ecrypt
contents to secure data"

but I cannot share my efs folder, "detail button" is disable ?

right click folder -> properties -> advance button -> detail button

Please help ....

Regards,

Kresna
Click to expand...
Are you trying to enable another user to access data you encrypted
using Windows EFS? I don't know that you can. By default, the
encryption is tied to your, and only your, system user logon account.
Another user won't have those credentials so they wouldn't be able to
decrypt the data, even if they did gain access to the folder.

Now, I could very well be wrong, as I've never played with XP EFS.
 
Are you trying to enable another user to access data you encrypted
using Windows EFS? I don't know that you can. By default, the
encryption is tied to your, and only your, system user logon account.
Another user won't have those credentials so they wouldn't be able to
decrypt the data, even if they did gain access to the folder.

Now, I could very well be wrong, as I've never played with XP EFS.
Click to expand...

You are incorrect. You can add access, but it's not done with the same
permissions that you would normally use to control access to a folder in
WinXP. You have to use the advanced EFS settings as described in the article
I previously posted.

Frankly, EFS should not be used by most home users, and for those that do
they must fully understand the implications of it before they begin using
it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
You are incorrect. You can add access, but it's not done with the same
permissions that you would normally use to control access to a folder in
WinXP. You have to use the advanced EFS settings as described in the article
I previously posted.

Frankly, EFS should not be used by most home users, and for those that do
they must fully understand the implications of it before they begin using
it.
Click to expand...

I fully agree, especiall that last sentence. What are 99.9% of home
users doing with state secrets needing this level of protection on
their "home" computer? There are easier ways of hiding porn.
 
Yes, you are right, now I can share my encrypted file, but if I view
certificate, it mentions that "certificate is not trusted", how to enable
trust ???

regards,
Kresna
 
Back
Top