Local System user to use EFS

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I wonder how you do if you want the local computer ( the System user) use EFS
when writing files. I want to add the certificate myself and then point it
out with the CertificateHash in the registry to tell the System to use it
when encrypting.
 
Mike said:
I wonder how you do if you want the local computer ( the System user)
use EFS when writing files. I want to add the certificate myself and
then point it out with the CertificateHash in the registry to tell the
System to use it when encrypting.
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Here is a Microsoft link to help you with encryption. Please read
carefully and take all the necessary precautions when encrypting data
or you may find that at a future date your data will be inaccessible.

http://tinyurl.com/6l6xx

Malke
 
Hi,

It doesn't specifically tell me how I should do too enable the local
"System" user to encrypt files with a certificate that I have pointed out in
the registry with the CertificateHash. Normal users are easy, because I just
log in as the user and set the registry. When it comes to the System user, I
tried to run a bat-file as a service to achiev this. The files did a reg.exe
to the Current user Hive, but it doesn't seem to have one, because when I
queried it afterwards, I got nothing back to the file I piped it, just an
empty file.

Any hints how to do it?
 
Why do you need to do this? Help us understand your requirements.

Steve Riley
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