Re: EFS and Certifate Server

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do you know of any third party software that is good and will encrypt files
and folders for multi-user access.

Thanks

BigE

"Mark Gamache" wrote:

> The users need access to the private keys associated with the certificate,
> not just the certificate. EFS isn't really designed to be highly workable
> in a multi-user environment, or rather when the files are shared.
>
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> Mark Gamache
> Certified Security Solutions
> http://www.css-security.com
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>
> "Big E" <Big E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B5959E0F-23A6-45AC-835E-03DAE8ADEDCF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I setup a certificate server on one of mine domain controllers. I create a
> > shared folder for the encrypted folder to be located. I encrypted it by
> > one
> > use on the network the second user and third user can see the files but
> > can't
> > open it. I added in Users and Computers the certificate to there accounts.
> > I
> > am puzzled with this because i followed everything according to Microsoft
> > notes on EFS. If someone can help I would be very grateful.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Big E
>
>
>
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