EFS support in OSX

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EFS support in OSX

I have a Win2003 Server set up as a file server. I want to use EFS (Encrypted File System) to encrypt folders and files in Win2003. I've had problems with "permission denied" when trying to access the files from OSX.

So, is EFS supported in OSX or is there third-party software to enable this?

Thanks!

• Mac Mini G4 1.33 / 1GB RAM / 40GB HD •, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jun 23, 2006 10:51 AM

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Trevor Seward

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Jun 23, 2006 5:00 PM in response to widen76

There is no EFS support in OS X. While EFS uses standard encryption (AES-256 in recent versions of Windows), the library that handles encryption/decryption (efs.dll) is not available for OS X or any other non-Windows OS.

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widen76 Author

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Jul 14, 2006 5:49 PM in response to Trevor Seward

There is no EFS support in OS X. While EFS uses
standard encryption (AES-256 in recent versions of
Windows), the library that handles
encryption/decryption (efs.dll) is not available for
OS X or any other non-Windows OS.

Thank you for your answer.

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