I have a windows 8.1 pro stand alone computer. It has one directory that is encrypted. This computer shares that directory and others with a linux computer. Just after the windows 8.1 computer reboots, linux is unable to access the encrypted directory, but it can access other unencrypted directories. Once I log on the windows computer as a user with access to the encrypted directory, the linux computer is suddenly able access the encrypted folder. The linux computer can continue to access the encrypted directory from linux after the user logs off the windows computer.
To be able to access the encrypted directory, I only need to log on to the windows console, i don't need to start any programs. It's as if windows cannot access some kind of key until the a user with access to the encrypted folder logs on to the windows system from the console. I've tried many different linux command line options for opening the windows share and it doesn't seem to change the behavior. It is typically mounted with:
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/efsdirectory ~/mnt --verbose -o rw,user=username,uid=1000,gid=1000
The behavior is identical if a directory above the efs directory is mounted.
I searched all of the windows event logs for errors from the failed access to the encrypted directory, but I don't see any.
Thanks for your help.