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mhogomchungu / zuluCrypt

zuluCrypt is a front end to cryptsetup and tcplay and it allows easy management of encrypted block devices
https://mhogomchungu.github.io/zuluCrypt
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Failed to enable polkit support #161

Closed git70 closed 3 years ago

git70 commented 3 years ago

Hi Francis

Scenario:

  1. Create => Encrypted Container In A Hard Drive
  2. Selecting partitions on the disk /dev/sdb1
  3. Question "Do You Want To Write Random Data To /dev/sdb1" ... => Yes Error "Failed to Enable Polkit Support"

The second problem (perhaps related): Manage System Volumes and Manage Non System Volumes (CTRL-C or CTRL-M) => No effect (nothing happens, nothing opens)

Checked for: ZC 6.0.0 Linux Mint 19.3 and 20.1 (Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04)

Please help....

Edit: The above problem does not occur on USB pendrive. Applies only to hard drives connected to SATA or USB adapter.

mhogomchungu commented 3 years ago

Sorry for a long wait, i must have missed this one somehow.

  1. Did you build zuluCrypt from source or are you using a version from your distribution?
  2. Do you get a polkit prompt when zuluCrypt starts and no errors after you enter the correct password on the prompt?
git70 commented 3 years ago

Hi Francis! Seen you back!

  1. Version 6.0.0 from this github
  2. No polkit prompt. Never
mhogomchungu commented 3 years ago

Is polkit working in your computer? Open the terminal and run pkexec ls and observe is you get a polkit prompt or not.

In zuluCrypt menu, click options and then click "manage system volumes" and observe if you are getting a polkit prompt.

git70 commented 3 years ago
  1. Yes, pkexec ls it works. The prompt polkit appears.
  2. Francis... read exactly my first post -> Manage System Volumes and Manage Non System Volumes (Ctrl-C or CTRL-M) => No Effect (Nothing Happens, Nothing Open)
mhogomchungu commented 3 years ago

I though your comment about "Manage System Volumes" not showing up was a separate issue and is about broken shortcuts.

Yes, the two issues are related, these packages have a bug of not including a zuluCrypt's CLI component named "zuluPolkit".

Thanks for the report and will make a new version is about a week or two.

git70 commented 3 years ago

I noticed one more thing: At LiveCD/USB Linux Mint 20.1, problems do not occur. WTF?

mhogomchungu commented 3 years ago

The problem goes away if :-

  1. zuluCrypt-gui is run from root's account and i suspect this is how zuluCrypt-gui is run from the livecd.
  2. zuluCrypt-gui is run from a normal account and the account is a member of group "zulucrypt".
  3. zuluCrypt-gui is run from a normal account and the partition to be operated on is not identified as a "system partition". A system partition is defined as a partition that is on a drive that sits inside a computer. By this definition,a USB pendrive is a not a system partition because it is outside of a computer. If your SATA hard drive is external then it is wrongly identified by your system and you can correct it by following instructions from here[1]

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev#Some_devices,_that_should_be_treated_as_removable,_are_not

mhogomchungu commented 3 years ago

This is now fixed and you can get binary packages from here: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/obs_mhogomchungu/