Encryption

[Richard]

Hi

I am having some difficulties with efs. I am still working on the issue
(previous thread with same title).

I am now trying an ecrypted file within the same domain. I encrypted a file
'encrypttest.txt' on A and copied it to a shared directory. I went to
another computer B, tried to open it, access denied.

Then I exported the cert/key from 'A' to the shared directory and installed
it to 'B'. Tried to open the file but couldn't open it.

What could I be doing wrong?

Any help appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Richard

 

[Brian Komar]

Hi

I am having some difficulties with efs. I am still working on the issue
(previous thread with same title).

I am now trying an ecrypted file within the same domain. I encrypted a file
'encrypttest.txt' on A and copied it to a shared directory. I went to
another computer B, tried to open it, access denied.

Then I exported the cert/key from 'A' to the shared directory and installed
it to 'B'. Tried to open the file but couldn't open it.

What could I be doing wrong?

Any help appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Richard

The problem is that you are you do not understand how EFS works when you
encrypt files on a server. I recommend that you read the whitepaper on EFS
available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/cryptfs.mspx

Check out the section titled: "File Sharing on Remote Servers"

The basic issue is that you are working with the certificates at the
clients when the certificates being used are at the server.

Brian

 

[Richard]

Many thanks Brian

I will read up on the white paper.

Richard