Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Dale, > > On Sunday, 2020-03-22 04:34:54 -0500, you wrote: > >> ... >> I wanted to post a couple things for future reference. First, it seems >> this thing requires sudo to work. Add the executable to the sudo file >> thingy. > I didn't do this, and it works anyway: > > # cat /etc/sudoers | grep crypt > # >
I wonder if this is a version issue. When I was googling for this, it was claimed this was a recent change. That's my recollection anyway. I'm using version veracrypt-1.24_p2. >> It does ask for a root password, to mount the USB stick I >> guess. > Not quite, it does ask for MY password, but only for the first mount > after a login. And yes, under "Application Autostart" of XFCE I have > > /usr/bin/veracrypt --background-task > > If I remember correctly, when configuring VeraCrypt under Windows there > is a checkbox for autostarting it on login. I recall seeing there was a bug that affected XFCE but not all other desktops. I use KDE here. It had something to do with the way the program was started or something. Since I don't use XFCE, I didn't get into the details. >> ... >> I wanted this to work on windoze as well, I >> chose vfat or whatever. > My encrypted USB sticks (I have two identical ones, just in case) are > NTFS formatted. And yes, naming files requires some caution. Under > Linux files "A" and "a" can coexist, under Windows they can't. > > Sincerely, > Rainer > Yea, it poses a problem. In some ways, windoze has a advantage but in some ways, Linux does. Either way, it pays to be careful and to watch for errors. It could result in files not be copied over. So far, I like this software. It's fairly easy to use considering what it is doing. The best part, it has a GUI. That helps a lot. It's a lot easier to set options in a GUI than it is to remember a bunch of options on a command line. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
