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How can ubuntu/truecrypt be configured so users can mount volumes if-and-only-if they have proper permissions on the mount-point?
If I add the line: ALL= /usr/bin/truecrypt to the sudoers file this lets all users mount volumes at arbitrary mount-points. The problem is a user could create a truecrypt volume and then mount it at ...
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How to mount a Truecrypt container with a timeout from the command line?
I'm mounting a truecrypt container via the command line (i.e. truecrypt file dir). Is there any way to have truecrypt automatically unmount the container after a given amount of inactivity in dir?
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Mounting external HFS+ device with truecrypt - read only file-system
I´m trying to mount my external HFS+ HDDs on my raspberry pi with raspbian "wheezy". The disks are encrypted with truecrypt so I mount them with the command truecrypt /dev/sda /media/usbdisk/disk1.
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Running an .iso in Grub 2 (Truecrypt Recovery)
Backstory:
I'm trying to recover a TrueCrypt installation. I've got the TrueCrypt recovery iso - and I'm trying to add that as a GRUB entry (I can still boot into Ubuntu on that same device) or run ...
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How to mount an encrypted TrueCrypt partition always in the same point?
I just formatted my external HD and divided it in two partitions: an ext4 where important information will be, and a ntfs for "compatibility" things (i.e. movies, music, etc).
I encrypted the ext4 ...
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Alternatives to TrueCrypt in compliance with Fedora 15 guidelines
Due to licensing issues TrueCrypt is not included in Fedora 15 (source here). Although not address by Fedora itself there's also concerns regarding the developers identities and related issues (source ...
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How to decrypt an encrypted container via ssh without entering a passphrase while requiring some client authentication?
I log in to a server via public key authentication and then mount a container (using e.g. LUKS/dm-crypt or truecrypt). At the moment, I have to enter the container password manually. Is there a way to ...
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TrueCrypt is destoying mdadm volume
I'm setting up a new file server using the same storage configuration as my existing server, but the procedure is failing and i cannot figure out why. my goal is to create a TrueCrypt volume on top ...
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truecrypt 1: Syntax error: “(” unexpected
I want to use truecrypt on a Linux machine. It is CLI mode only. So I downloaded the x64 and x86 and tried or run the extracted executable file for each version (x64 & x86), but it doesn't work. ...
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Is it a script or is it a binary?
At the end, it looks like it's just a regular sh script:
[USER@MACHINE ~/Desktop/D] head -2 truecrypt-7.1-setup-x86
#!/bin/sh
CHECKSUM=163123652
but @the scripts end:
[USER@MACHINE ~/Desktop/D] ...
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Does truecrypt leave behind temporary files
I've I have some scans of sensitive documents in image format such as jpg png etc. When I open up the folder containing them which is in a truecrypt file, will nautilus create a temporary version of ...
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Automatically mount encrypted home folder on login
I'm looking into encrypting my home folder with Truecrypt, and mounting it after I've logged in, which should be pretty straightforward. However, it occurred to me that it should be theoretically ...
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Encrypted SD card corrupted
I can't mount a encrypted SD card with Truecrypt anymore.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/truecrypt1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
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