Re: Folder Encryption Multiple User Access

<DotNetDeveloperDude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for replies.
My problem is that when I right click on a folder to encrypt it, the
details button is grayed out, and thus can't add additional users to
it. When I right click on the file, then the button is enabled and I
can additional users.

EFS is file-based, not folder oriented.
The switch on folders only allows you to set the default
for files added to the folder. The actual EFS header is
made when the file is encrypted, with the DRA's and the
encrypting user's info being added at that time. Once the
file is encrypted then anyone able to decrypt the file can
set up another account to be able to also decrypt it (and
to add other accounts).


So one of my solutions proposed to our OPS team was to change the user
for the 2nd process (as Roger suggested) to be the same user as the
first process, but that means changes to code elsewhere, which they
don't wanna do.
I like the idea of using the API to add rights to "this" file as it
being written for the 2nd user. That way I can develop that into my
solution and other teams won't be affected (hence the whole reason for
using EFS).
Where can I find docs on the API, and are there any classes in .Net
1.1?

Sorry, as I have not gone there, but my first stop would be to search
in the msdn2.microsoft.com library.

Roger


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