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Daniel B.:
Hi.

Yes, I admit the behavior is not the one you'd expect, but I'll try to explain how it works and why it works that way :-)

As explained in the wiki page, an encrypted share can either be protected (the data are not available, nor visible through samba/http/ajaxplorer) or enabled (encrypted data appear as clear text, encryption/decryption is done on the fly). In fact, it's a bit more than this: when you choose to encrypt a share, it can contains two set of data:

- when the share is "protected": you can access it through samba/http/ajaxplorer and read/write data in it. This data will never be encrypted and will just be stored in your server as if it was a unencrypted share (in /home/e-smith/files/shares/myshare/files)
- when you enable the share (unlock it with the correct password in the Encryption panel), the unencrypted data will "disappear", and you can access a new set of data. If you write files in a share while it's "enabled", the data will be encrypted on the fly (using fuse-encfs). Only the encrypted form is stored on the server (in /home/e-smith/files/shares/myshar/.store)
- When you will protect this share (or when the specified timeout has expired), the encrypted data will disappear, and you'll see the clear text data (the data you've written while the share was protected)

So basically, an encrypted share can handle two different set of data: clear text and encrypted. The encryption panel let you toggle between the two.

I've made it this way so you can "hide" your private data. If someone access a shared folder while it's protected, it can see some data (the clear text one) and so, will not think this share can contains something else.

I hope this helps.

Regards, Daniel

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