Create an Encrypted Samba Share

Posted by suvi under Samba, Security

Here is a scenario where you have Windows users who need to log into an encrypted directory that is mounted on a Linux Samba share. This provides an interesting option for security.
The Linux user, who has sudo access logs in and when they do are asked to mount the truecrypt volume and also restart samba server because the volume will exist on a Samba share. It is imperative that the user who mounts the share is in the adm group so they are able to enter the sudo commands to run programs as root.

Verify that the user is in the /etc/group file and listed in the “adm” group. Here we have two users mike and sue in the adm group.

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