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user_manual/files/encrypting_files.rst
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in and out and manage and share your files as you normally do, and you can
still change your password whenever you want.
Its main purpose is to encrypt files on remote storage services that are
connected to your Nextcloud serve. This is an
connected to your Nextcloud server. This is an
easy and seamless way to protect your files on remote storage. You can share
your remote files through Nextcloud in the usual way, however you cannot share
your encrypted files directly from the remote service you are using, because
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Is it possible to disable encryption with the recovery key?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes, *if* every user uses the `file recovery key
<https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html#enabling-users-file-recovery-keys>`_, `"decrypt all"
<https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html#enabling-users-file-recovery-keys>`_, `"decrypt all"
<https://docs.nextcloud.org/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html#encryption-label>`_ will use it to decrypt all files.
.. TODO ON RELEASE: Update version number above on release
@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ If you don't have the users password or `file recovery key
.. TODO ON RELEASE: Update version number above on release
then there is no way to decrypt all files. What's
more, running it on login would be dangerous, because you would most likely run
into timeouts.
Then there is no way to decrypt all files. What's more, running it on login
would be dangerous, because you would most likely run into timeouts.
Is it planned to move this to the next user login or a background job?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -138,14 +137,14 @@ structures. These files are never encrypted:
- The search index from the full text search app.
- Third-party app data
There may be other files that are not encrypted; only files that are exposed to
third-party storage providers are guaranteed to be encrypted.
Only those files that are shared with third-party storage providers can
be encrypted, the rest of the files may not be encrypted.
Change private key password
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This option is only available if your log-in password, but not your encryption
password, was changed by your administrator. This can occur if your Nextcloud
This option is only available if the encryption password has not been changed by
the administrator, but only the log-in password. This can occur if your Nextcloud
provider uses an external user back-end (for example, LDAP) and changed your
login password using that back-end configuration. In this case, you can set
your encryption password to your new login password by providing your old and