[Samba] EFS crypted files and smbclient.

[lahaye at crm.mot.com]

Unfortunately it's not that simple.
The file is encrypted at FS level: using a share will not let the file to be
read. Even on windows. (You get a permission denied).
Having the erroro correctly handled would allow to continue my file readings
(via backuppc) instead of a timeout error.

Just right click on a file that is shared: click on properties / advanced
and check "crypt". Then try to read it remlotely.
It will faile. You even cannot copy the crypted file.
So 2 solutions: either correctly handle the error (perm denied (reported
when trying to access via a real windows system))
Or if implemented by windows, being able to use the certificate to read the
file (probably not possible though).

Regards.

Olivier.

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> [mailto:samba-bounces+lahaye=crm.mot.com at lists.samba.org] On 
> Behalf Of Gerald (Jerry) Carter
> Sent: mardi 16 août 2005 16:39
> To: Olivier LAHAYE
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] EFS crypted files and smbclient.
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> Olivier LAHAYE wrote:
> > Is there a way to copy a NTFS encrypted file using 
> smbclient (even not
> > decrypted) so It can be backed up using backuppc
> > (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net) ?
> 
> Is smbclient failing?  I've never looked into EFS but I 
> assumed the client didi the decryption.  So copying the file 
> shoudl be no big deal.
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> 
> cheers, jerry
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