TrueCrypt With GUI On Ubuntu 7.10 - Page 2

# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
# Defaults
Defaults        !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn
# Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password
# %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
# Host alias specification
# User alias specification
# Cmnd alias specification
# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
%truecrypt ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/truecrypt

To save the changes press CTRL+O (STRG+O on a german keyboard) and hit enter. Close the editor via CTRL+X (STRG+X on a german keyboard).

3.2.3 TrueCrypt Group

As a last resort we have to assign TrueCrypt itself to the new group that we created at step 3.2.1. Open terminal and enter:

sudo chgrp truecrypt /usr/bin/truecrypt

Afterwards we check if all went well - enter:

truecrypt -l

If you're NOT asked for a system password and the output looks like this ...

No volumes mapped

... all is fine.

4 TrueCrypt GUI (tcgui)

Tcgui provides a GUI that is similar to the windows GUI for truecrypt. It's licensed unter the GPL.

4.1 Download

Open http://tcgui.tc.funpic.de/en/download.htm (http://tcgui.tc.funpic.de/download.htm for German users) within your browser and download the latest version (When I was writing this howto the latest version was 0.4).

Afterwards unpack the file.

4.2 Installation

Open a terminal, switch to the unpacked files and run the installer.

cd Desktop/tcgui-0.4/
sudo bash install.sh $USER

Note: Don't replace $USER with your username - simply copy & paste the line.

Choose your language (german or english) and answer the following questions with no (n) - unless you haven't realized step 3.2.1 till 3.2.3. After the installation finished you have to log out and back in to take the changes effect.

4.3 Access The GUI

The TrueCrypt GUI is available in the gnome applications menu.

Click on "Yes" if you agree with the warranty agreement.

The GUI appears - make yourself familiar with it.

Note: Please have a look at the readme in the tcgui-folder (on your desktop). Which functions are working without problems and which not is described at the end of the file - so you should read it before you you're playing around with the GUI :)