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--- slackware:truecrypt [2013/12/29 13:51] – slack
+++ slackware:truecrypt [2019/11/07 17:58] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-======Truecrypt binary root priveleges======
+There is a slackbuild, which maybe fixes all this stuff, but itself has some odd dependencies.  The site has an installer for the cl version.
-The Truecrypt binary needs to have root privileges. I installed Truecrypt 6.0a on Slackware 12.1 and it gives me the same message. The fix is to create a group with the privilege of running the truecrypt binary and add your unprivileged (non-root) users to the truecrypt group so they can run Truecrypt. Do the following (need to su):
+======Truecrypt binary root privileges======
+The Truecrypt binary needs to have root privileges. I installed Truecrypt 6.0a on Slackware 12.1 and it gives me the same message. The fix is to create a group with the privilege of running the truecrypt binary and add your unprivileged (non-root) users to the truecrypt group so they can run Truecrypt. Do the following (as root):
 <code>
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 <code>
-# gpasswd -a regularuser1 truecrypt
+# gpasswd -a regularuser truecrypt
-# gpasswd -a regularuser2 truecrypt
+</code>
+or for many users
+<code>
+# gpasswd -M first_user,second_user,etc truecrypt
 </code>
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 <code>
 truecrypt /path/to/encrypted/file /path/to/mount/point
-truecrppt -d /path/to/mount/point
+truecrypt -d /path/to/mount/point
 truecrypt -d # unmounts all
 </code>
+although mounting in non-default locations [[http://lyuts.net/blog/2011/10/device-busy-then-unmounting-truecrypt-container|seems to cause some serious difficulties (device busy) with unmounting]], so I suggest sticking with the default (in /media) unless there's a compelling reason not to.
 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TrueCrypt#Mount_volumes_as_a_normal_user