[Samba] Encryption of shares

Andrea Venturoli ml at netfence.it
Fri Nov 11 14:08:40 UTC 2022


On 11/11/22 08:03, lists--- via samba wrote:
> Good morning list,

Hello.



> does anybody uses a [homes], and maybe [profiles], encrytion?

Yes.



> Some users asked me yesterday if that could be done in any, for the 
> users easy, way ..

This is transparent to users.



> The related system runs Debian Bullseye and samba version 4.15.7-Debian, 
> and acts as an AD member-server - and several [homes]-folders are filled 
> with lots of data.

I'm doing it in FreeBSD (either with ZFS encrypted datasets or GELI), so 
my solutions won't apply to you.



This is really not a Samba question: it's the underlying OS that 
provides encrypted filesystem; Samba doesn't even know.


  bye
	av.




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