request for testers of zuluCrypt

[muungwana]

As some of you know, i have my own little foss project and its hosted at: http://code.google.com/p/zulucrypt/

I am humbly requesting for testers. It is as good as i think i can make it and my lack of 64 bit system means i have hit a block i can not overcome by myself.

below link points to a 32 bit binary package:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8juRKTjN4Q9YzRiZDhkZGMtZDkzNC00MzUzLWJkMmItZTYyMjZjZDM5Y2My

rpm source package can  be located at:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8juRKTjN4Q9NjFjNGQ1NGYtOGY2MC00ZmYyLWJlMjQtZDk1MjA2YTIwMWRi

Leiche will hopefully give a link or will send a package to me and i will add it here a 64 bit binary package for those with 64 bit systems. I am particularly interested in how it works in 64 bit since i can not test it there.

Once you have install the program, you can run this command to automate its operations to see if it works. The output will be appreciated.

zuluCrypt-test

The GUI seem easy enough and any person who has ever used truecrypt should have an idea what the program does. A program icon should show up in the menu after you install the program.

How to install.
Download the binary package given in the link above or in the next thread if you are on a 64 bit system to your home directory.

open the terminal in your home directory and then type: "su" then press enter and then enter root's password when asked and then press enter.

in a 32 bit system:
Once in roots terminal, type "rpm -Uvh zuluCrypt-v4.2.0-1pclos2011.i586.rpm"

in a 64 bit system
Once in root's terminal, type" rpm -Uvh zuluCrypt-v4.2.0-1leiche2011.x86_64.rpm"

The above two commands will install it and an icon in the settings section of the menu should show up.

[daniel]

Here the link to 86_64 package.

http://min.us/mXcci0Dak

Happy testing...

We need your test results, thanks...

[John Bee]

below link points to a 32 bit binary package:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8juRKTjN4Q9ZTljN2M4YzctNGVhMS00NTllLWI0OWMtNmNjZjI4MjNkNjVl

The above got me: zuluCrypt-v4.1.0-2pclos2011.i586.rpm

I installed it as:

[root@home zuluCrypt]# rpm -Uvh zuluCrypt-v4.1.0-2pclos2011.i586.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:zuluCrypt              ########################################### [100%]

Then did:

zuluCrypt-test

and got:

john@home: -> zuluCrypt-test
bash: zuluCrypt-test: command not found

[muungwana]

below link points to a 32 bit binary package:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8juRKTjN4Q9ZTljN2M4YzctNGVhMS00NTllLWI0OWMtNmNjZjI4MjNkNjVl

The above got me: zuluCrypt-v4.1.0-2pclos2011.i586.rpm

I installed it as:

[root@home zuluCrypt]# rpm -Uvh zuluCrypt-v4.1.0-2pclos2011.i586.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:zuluCrypt              ########################################### [100%]

Then did:

zuluCrypt-test

and got:

john@home: -> zuluCrypt-test
bash: zuluCrypt-test: command not found

that link points to a newer package named "zuluCrypt-v4.2.0-1pclos2011.i586.rpm"(thats what i am getting here)

you installed an older package named "zuluCrypt-v4.1.0-2pclos2011.i586.rpm"

The two packages are not the same.

Can you try the link again? delete any zuluCrypt package in your download folder to make sure you install the right one.

[John Bee]

Ah, ok, now dl'd and installed the 4.2.0-1 version and all appears ok as per below.
This looks *very* promising!


Sun Oct 30 10:17:29 AM EDT 2011
~/temp/temp4
john@home:  0 items 8.0Kb -> zuluCrypt-test

creating mount point "/tmp/testing of volumes"

creating a plain file "testing plain"
creating a luks file "testing luks"

creating a plain volume
SUCCESS: volume created successfully

opening "testing plain" volume
SUCCESS: Volume opened successfully

closing "testing plain" volume
SUCCESS: volume closed successfully

creating a luks volume
SUCCESS: volume created successfully

opening "testing luks" volume
SUCCESS: Volume opened successfully

closing "testing luks" volume
SUCCESS: volume closed successfully

check keys slots in use
30000000

add key to luks volume
SUCCESS: key added successfully

check keys slots in use
11000000

open the volume with the new key
SUCCESS: Volume opened successfully

close the volume
SUCCESS: volume closed successfully

remove newly added key
SUCCESS: key removed successfully

check keys slots in use
30000000
deleting testing files
deleting mount point "/tmp/testing of volumes"

check to see if there are any undeleted zuluCrypt-xxx mappers
all mappers are deleted, good

Sun Oct 30 10:18:11 AM EDT 2011
~/temp/temp4
john@home:  0 items 8.0Kb ->

[menotu]

Ditto re John Bee post - the same output created.

Successfully ran zC and created a small 20MB container.  Closed zC and then restarted it and it opened the 20MB container just fine.

Screenshot of zC

[muungwana]

This looks *very* promising!

thanks and thanks for testing

[muungwana]

Ditto re John Bee post - the same output created.

Successfully ran zC and created a small 20MB container.  Closed zC and then restarted it and it opened the 20MB container just fine.

Screenshot of zC

Did you use the 32 bit or 64 bit package?

thanks for testing

[menotu]

Ditto re John Bee post - the same output created.

Successfully ran zC and created a small 20MB container.  Closed zC and then restarted it and it opened the 20MB container just fine.

Screenshot of zC

Did you use the 32 bit or 64 bit package?

thanks for testing

The 32 bit one.

I've just switched to my 64bit system and will run that and report back.

thanks for testing

My pleasure.

[menotu]

Okay - installed 64bit version and all was problem free.

Again created a 20MB container and all was good.



Couldn't find an entry or icon in the KLaunch menu in either the 32bit or 64bit systems. I switched to Classic Menu and back again to see if it would "refresh" the entries but no joy. (used Alt+F2 to start zC)

A few other options would be nice but I'm sure you know what they are  

It's looking very nice indeed.

[muungwana]

did you log out and back it and check again if the icon show up on the menu?

if you are using kde, you can open the terminal and run "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" to force rebuild of icon cache and recheck the icon on the menu.

[menotu]

did you log out and back it and check again if the icon show up on the menu?

if you are using kde, you can open the terminal and run "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" to force rebuild of icon cache and recheck the icon on the menu.

Yup - I'd restarted desktop, but no joy.

I did a search in the KLaunch menu and then simply added it to Favourites (manage encrypted volumes - zuluCrypt)

When running  kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental the following error message is displayed:

kbuildsycoca4(4261) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/zuluCrypt.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).

[muungwana]

did you log out and back it and check again if the icon show up on the menu?

if you are using kde, you can open the terminal and run "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" to force rebuild of icon cache and recheck the icon on the menu.

Yup - I'd restarted desktop, but no joy.

I did a search in the KLaunch menu and then simply added it to Favourites (manage encrypted volumes - zuluCrypt)

When running  kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental the following error message is displayed:

kbuildsycoca4(4261) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/zuluCrypt.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).

If it shows up on the menu search, then the menu is aware of it,maybe it showed up where you did not look or the menu didnt show it because it did not have a category for it.

It showed up in the "utility" section here but i am not running a standard pclinuxos kde desktop so it may show up somewhere else in pclinuxos.

I looked at gnome desktop and the icon showed up in the "lost and found". I modified the .desktop file to first make it compliant with the standard to remove that warning and add an entry for "utility" in the category. Gnome started showing the icon in that section and i hope KDE will too.

thanks for testing and your discoveries.

[muungwana]

i have updated the rpm and source rpm to make the .desktop standard compliant to remove that warning to add "utility" to the category section. Hope the icon will easily show up now.

[menotu]

If it shows up on the menu search, then the menu is aware of it,maybe it showed up where you did not look or the menu didnt show it because it did not have a category for it.

I had thoroughly checked all the menu "folders" before posting and it definitely wasn't listed; and yes, this KDE menu structure doesn't have a "utility category"

i have updated the rpm and source rpm to make the .desktop standard compliant to remove that warning to add "utility" to the category section. Hope the icon will easily show up now.

When I have a mo' I'll open a VM and run it again and see if the menu shows the icon/entry