cipher /x question .. .

[sanskrit]

Hi,

I have two topics/questions:

First, I know cipher exports your "keys" - does this mean BOTH the
certificate and the private key, or just the cert? If it's just the
cert, then how do you export the private key from command line?

Seccond, even with cipher, you have to confirm a popup -- can this be
bypassed so you can export/backup your keys (cert and private key)
programmatically?

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Cipher /x will backup the certificate and private key. I think it is very
unlikely that you can bypass the popup because you are required to enter a
password and confirm it to protect the private key as part of the process.

/X Backup EFS certificate and keys into file filename. If efsfile is
provided, the current user's certificate(s) used to encrypt the
file will be backed up. Otherwise, the user's current EFS
certificate and keys will be backed up.

Steve