Server 2003 encryption with truecrypt

[kevnich2]

Ok, I am trying to create an encrypted volume on a Server 2003 hard drive with TrueCrypt and then share that volume so multiple users can access it. This part I have done ok, the problem comes in when the server has to be restarted for whatever reason. The encrypted volume isn't mounted as a drive letter until I login and enter the encryption password for it, however, since upon restarting, the server doesn't re-share out the volume automatically and I have to manually re-create the shares each time I restart.

Is there any way to configure Server 2003 to automatically keep the volume shared regardless of the volume being available?

 

[drebo]

Shares can't exist in the absence of a mounted drive. If the drive isn't using NTFS, the security settings don't get saved in any meaningful way, either.

You could probably accomplish it via the NET SHARE command in a batch script. That would automate certain things. Then, the mounting of your shares should be done via logon script, so at the very most, once you bring the server back up, you have to run a script and your users have to log out and log back in.

 

[yinan]

restarting the server service will recreate the share once the volume has been mounted.