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Setting up a EFS

Hi there everyone,

I am working with an windows 2000 server network. I have a file server where we keep all the ms access databases on users on my network access and work on these databases. This file server is then backed up every night to tape.

What I want to do is encrypt all these access databases perphaps using EFS or something like it. I understand that if you use EFS then you have access to the to the encrypted files but no one else does.

How do I enable other users on my network to have access to them? Can someone point me in the right direction?

I am thinking that it will mean installing a key on the users machines that I want access the file server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Eddy
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Eveytime Ive applied EFS to an Access database it hasnt run properley? why not just use NTFS folder permissions?
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Hi Petelong,

Thanks for the quick responce.

Really? Thats useful info about encrypting access databases.

I could have already edited the permissions so that only the users I want have access.

But I thought about putting in an extra layer of security with Encryption but I don't want to be corrupting any databases.

I have noticed that when in access you can encrypt a another access database. But we have thousands of databases.

Eddy
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