User Guide

Chapter 3. Runtime Administration Functions
Note: If you delete your selection for the values of the user group parameters for
TrueCrypt, the default values are automatically restored for those parameters.
Figure 47 - TrueCrypt User Group Settings
To create an encrypted volume:
1. Click Users on the main menu.
2. Click the checkbox next to a user to select it and then click Configure.
3. On the User Configurations window, click Volume Settings under the TrueCrypt
Volume Encryption menu.
4. The TrueCrypt Settings window appears (Figure 48), with the following parameters
to be configured:
o User ID: Numeric identifier of the end user (read-only field).
o Volume Path: Location of the encrypted volume in the laptop hard disk. The
assigned value must be a valid, unused path and can point to a file with any
type of extension.
o Mount Drive: Drive identifier assigned to the encrypted volume once mounted.
The assigned value must be a valid, unused drive identifier.
o Volume Size (MB): Space allocated to the encrypted volume in the laptop hard
disk. The assigned value must not exceed the space that is currently available
on the laptop’s hard disk.
o Volume Enabled: Flag for enabling/disabling the mounting of the encrypted
volume on the laptop’s file system. The flag must be checked in order for the
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