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On 21/3/20 9:06 pm, Dale wrote: |
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> William Kenworthy wrote: |
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>> I have an encrypted usb thumb drive I use to transfer files from work |
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>> (Win10) to home (gentoo) - the encryption and access is via a program |
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>> that is stored and executed from the thumb drive. |
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>> Some time back, it became impossible to execute files stored on the |
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>> thumb drive. I found I could get it to work if it was mounted within |
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>> the users home directory. Since the last round of updates that has |
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>> become broken as well. |
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>> I presume the culprit is something in eudev/udisks/polkit/elogind |
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>> (this is an openrc system) |
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>> Can someone point me to a guide on how to set up executing files from |
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>> a usb thumb drive on gentoo? |
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>> Thanks, |
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>> BillK. |
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> Mind if I'm nosy for a minute. I'd like to store files on a USB stick |
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> that are encrypted as well. However, I'd like it to be able to work no |
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> matter what OS is used. I googled but thought it was not possible. You |
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> seem to have found a way to do this, broken at the moment but there's hope. |
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> Would you share what you are using? Links maybe?? |
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> Thanks. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Look at http://www.withopf.com/tools/securstick/. |
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Its mounted as a webdav share. It does limit the windows side to files |
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~35mb or so ( an MS limitation) |
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The windows side is seamless, linux is clunky |
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You put a linux and windows executable on the thumb drive and execute |
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the one needed - a login screen appears within your browser. |
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I just found that exec with the home directory still works ... but only |
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if in a terminal, cant click on it using a file manager. |
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BillK |
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