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by aakash shah 2 views

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Can I use EFS amongst a group of users. I would like to encrypt certain files that many users use. How can I do so?

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by dmiles

When you enable EFS for a file or folder on an NTFS file system (NTFS 5) volume, the operating system encrypts the files using the public key and symmetric encryption algorithms available through the CryptoAPI. Though the underlying mechanism is complicated, administrators and users can take advantage of the extra security by merely selecting a check box in the Advanced Attributes dialog box accessed from the File Properties dialog box.

by aakash shah

Thanks for responding soulrider. However, this method only allows one specific user to access the encryted files, and disllows any other user to access those files. Is there a way to give more than 1 user access to encrypted files?

by aakash shah

Thanks for responding soulrider. However, this method only allows one specific user to access the encryted files, and disllows any other user to access those files. Is there a way to give more than 1 user access to encrypted files?

by maelgwyn

Now, I dont have the answer totally, but I do not think that the single user group could be used, especially since things such as CIPHER and EFS use a more 'personalised' public key.

However, you could use something such as PGP or a 3rd party util to encrypt the files.

Microsoft was no help either *sigh*

Maelgwyn

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