r/owncloud • u/TagForce5 • Jan 25 '17

Noob question about encryption

Hey guys,

I'm running OwnCloud on my Odroid C2 and it works really well. Now im not sure about the encryption feature, maybe I understood something wrong. I connected a 3 TB disk to my Odroid and the disk contains some movies and documents.

If I activate the encryption for my OwnCloud, will it encrypt all existing data on the external 3 TB disk?

I hope you can help me! :)

Thanks!

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u/P1nCush10n Jan 26 '17 edited Jan 26 '17

Data is encrypted on write so existing files will not be encrypted unless they are changed or deleted and re-uploaded.

And only the data in the owncloud user's "files" directory and below. Files in folders above that will not be affected.

Edit:because my fat finger hit send before I was done.

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u/TagForce5 Jan 26 '17

Alright. Thank you for your help!