I have an encrypted trucrypt volume that I would like to mount from my university labs running Ubuntu 12.10. I do not have root permissions. I download the file
truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86.tar.gz
from the download page. I extract it and gettruecrypt-7.1a-setup-x86
which I run. I cannot install anything here, so from the dialog that pops out I choose "Extract .tar Package File". Then I get the message:
Installation package 'truecrypt_7.1a_i386.tar.gz' extracted and placed
in '/tmp'
I copy that file to my current folder and I extract it:
acomputer:/media/myname/Transcend> tar -xvzf truecrypt_7.1a_i386.tar.gz
usr/bin/truecrypt
usr/bin/truecrypt-uninstall.sh
usr/share/applications/truecrypt.desktop
usr/share/pixmaps/truecrypt.xpm
usr/share/truecrypt/doc/License.txt
usr/share/truecrypt/doc/TrueCrypt User Guide.pdf
If I browse in that folder:
acomputer:/media/myname/Transcend/usr/bin> ls -lh
total 4.6M
-rw-r--r-- 1 myname student 4.5M Feb 7 2012 truecrypt
-rw-r--r-- 1 myname student 453 Feb 7 2012 truecrypt-uninstall.sh
acomputer:/media/myname/Transcend/usr/bin> ./truecrypt
./truecrypt: Permission denied.
I could not change my permissions to make that executable. So, I cannot run a portable truecrypt like this. Any hints about this situation? How can I run truecrypt without root privileges?
Best Answer
You can change permissions with chmod
However, to my knowledge, you can not use truecrypt without root access.
Seee : http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/truecrypt-portable
And also, on the same page:
Edit: I guess it can be run, but with limitations, see: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/non-admin-users