microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

"Jerry Baker" wrote in message
news:e6mHBL%23RIHA.4128@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have two machines, A and B, which I share files between using a USB hard
>drive. They are both Windows XP SP2 and I am an administrator on both
>machines (although I am not a domain admin on machine B). I exported my EFS
>certificate AND private key from machine A and successfully imported it
>onto machine B. I can see the certificate AND private key of machine A in
>machine B's certificate store.
>
> Now, when I encrypt files on the USB drive using machine A, machine B
> cannot read them. They appear as though they are not encrypted (they
> aren't green) and cipher.exe doesn't place an E next to them. When I try
> to access them I just get "Access is denied" errors.
>
> I tried taking ownership of the files, and that didn't change the
> situation at all. I tried forcing the files to decrypt without success. I
> am completely unable to use machine B to access files encrypted by machine
> A.
>
> I have spent more than three hours reading every technet article regarding
> EFS as well as other people's problems posted on various boards and in
> this group. I still have not seen a simple explanation of how you can use
> EFS on files that will be accessed by other computers. Everything just
> says to import your certificate with private key and doesn't mention what
> to do after that.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
I think the access depends on the user account. Have you tried creating a
new user account on the second ("b") drive with the same name as the one you
encrypted the files with on machine "a"?

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Allan