Problem running TrueCrypt

[sfeinst]

I have truecrypt installed on a PC and it runs fine.  I have a new PC, loaded PCLOS and upgraded to kde4 (which my other PC had as well).  When I run truecrypt on the old PC, it asks for the admin password and then runs fine.  On this new PC, it does not ask for the admin password until I try to mount a file.  Then it asks for the volume password and then the admin password.  I tried entering root password and I tried entering my password.  Neither works.  The screen mentions something about being part of sudo.

Since my other PC runs fine, I'm not sure why sudo would be needed on this PC.

Any ideas on how to get truecrypt to work?

[tschommer]

sfeinst,

if you change the following part of the system file /etc/sudoers from

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# User privilege specification
root   ALL=(ALL) ALL
to

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# User privilege specification
root   ALL=(ALL) ALL
%truecrypt ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/truecrypt
and add the user to the truecrypt group you should be fine. The admin password will not be queried anymore.

I've been running it this way without any problems for over a year.

Torsten

[muungwana]

do you use the same version of truecrypt on the two computers?

newer versions expects to have a functional sudo when started without root privileges and this doesnt work because pclinuxos doesnt use sudo. A solution is to either set up sudo first or to always start it with root privileges

[sfeinst]

do you use the same version of truecrypt on the two computers?

newer versions expects to have a functional sudo when started without root privileges and this doesnt work because pclinuxos doesnt use sudo. A solution is to either set up sudo first or to always start it with root privileges

Yes they are the same version both have the latest from the repos.  I'll try the sudo route.

Thanks.

[sfeinst]

sfeinst,

if you change the following part of the system file /etc/sudoers from

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# User privilege specification
root   ALL=(ALL) ALL
to

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# User privilege specification
root   ALL=(ALL) ALL
%truecrypt ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/truecrypt
and add the user to the truecrypt group you should be fine. The admin password will not be queried anymore.

I've been running it this way without any problems for over a year.

Torsten

Thanks.  I tried this, but I get an error stating that my ID is not allowed to run sudo on localhost.

[sfeinst]

I went back to old machine to try to figure what was going on.  The menu choice for truecrypt used kdesu truecrypt.  I do not remember adding it, but I must have.  Doing that and modifying the mount options  to change the gid and umask, solved my problems.

[tschommer]

Great to hear, sfeinst!

[Jag]

Will anybody pl. give the work around in a simple way so that a newbie will understand?

I run truecrypt as root,but it cannot unmount ,so I have to give command

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umount /media/truecrypt12  (supposing one has mounted  the file at '12')
then unmount the volume through 'truecrypt' and then through 'konqueror as su' delete[not move to trash] the folder 'truecrypt12'.

[menotu]

You may want to see this post by Tex:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,71077.msg583752.html#msg583752

[Jag]

You may want to see this post by Tex:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,71077.msg583752.html#msg583752

Thanks for quick reply.

[menotu]

You may want to see this post by Tex:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,71077.msg583752.html#msg583752

Thanks for quick reply.

At least it clarifies things for you Jag.