The Encrypting File System (EFS) on Microsoft Windows is a feature introduced in version 3.0 of NTFS that provides filesystem-level encryption.
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Intermitent bug on encrypted swap over Ubuntu 18
Wanting encrypt swap and the only script I found to do it as I want is it:
sudo -i
cd /root
mkdir -p ./.myfolder
cd ./.myfolder
swapsize='4G'
curdir=$(pwd)
flNmDev="myfile"
flPtDev="$curdir/$flNmDev"
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Paul
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Decrypting EFS w/o altering timestamp - possible?
I'd like to decrypt some EFS-encrypted files, but I do not know how to do that without altering the timestamp. When encrypting/decrypting files, the modified-time is set to the current time. I'd like to preserve the original timestamp, as the file…
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Some files created years into the future in NFS mount to AWS EFS volume
We just saw a couple files get created years into the future on an EFS volume over an NFS mount from a Linux EC2 instance.
The "Change" time is correct, but the Access and Modify are years out.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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How can I make a dm-crypt folder world writeable?
I've set up an encrypted directory with dm-crypt. how can I make it world writeable (for my ftp server)?
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Encrypted file system in a hosted linux system
I'm considering to use an encrypted file system (dm-crypt or gocryptfs) in a linux system hosted by Linode. Can the administrators of Linode access the mounted (i.e., decrypted) contents? I'm not sure which technology they use to provide a virtual…
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lyrin
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Can't decrypt EFS encrypted files on external drive even with correct key installed
I'm having trouble decrypting EFS-encrypted files that were copied onto an external drive on another computer even though I have the correct certificate.
This is what I did:
Enabled EFS on old computer.
Backed up EFS certificate.
Copied…
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File archiver that stores RAW EFS files
I'll start off with the assurance that I have all the EFS certs safely in hand, and that is not what I'm asking about below. Assume I have that part taken care of.
I'm trying to backup a some mixed (EFS 10% /nonEFS 90%) files, but want to keep the…
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Why Add button in EFS doesn't exists?
I am trying to enable EFS on a folder and add some others users to access it too. but the Add button doesn't exist on the place it should be. I want to know what is the reason for that ?
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Preeseding a debian stable install with a complex partitioning scheme - missing physical volume
My personal systems run on:
An open /boot partition
separately random key encrypted /tmp and swap partitions and
a password encrypted btrfs lvm volume holding everything else.
My latest project is to use preseeding of the debian installer and try…
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Apache DocumentRoot folder encrypted with EFS
As per this question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7575709/newly-added-files-getting-permissions-error Apache 2.2 is not supposed to be able to access its DocumentRoot if the folder has been encrypted with EFS…
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How to encrypt a user and specific services on a Mac Server?
I am setting up a server in an office, and we want to encrypt the hard drive so that in the event of a physical breach, the data is secure. We initially used FileVault2, but since we need to be able to remote into the server, no services start until…
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Encryption strategy for CentOS on Amazon EC2
Although there is plenty of information about how to create encrypted partitions (like http://silvexis.com/2011/11/26/encrypting-your-data-on-amazon-ec2/), there's not much information suggesting what to encrypt.
Since amazon doesn't provide…
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How to deal with LVM encryption on remote restart?
Is there a way to handle the LVM mounting password remotely? This is usually presented during boot on the main console (where the machine physically resides at). I am able to ssh in during the prompt, but other services (like http, ftp, etc) will…
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Group Policy Recovery Agent EFS not being used
I am trying to get EFS working on our workstations. First when I tried to set a directory to be encrypted I got a warning about the Recovery Agent certificate being invalid.
It turned out that the default one set up when my domain was first set up…
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EFS encrypted files cannot be opened, even with the right key
I created a folder on my Win7 Pro machine, set it to encrypt contents to protect data. Then I opened MMC, added the Certificates snap-in for "my user account", expanded Certificates - Currrent User > Personal > Certificates and exported my…
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John Ly
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