[solved] automatically mount crypted partitions

Hey!
I have an encrypted partition on my extern esata drive. I'd like it is automatically mount it on plugging in the drive.
For that I have found an tutorial (unfortunately in German) about how to do it with udev:
http://michael.stapelberg.de/Artikel/au … setup_udev
But I'm using systemd, so this do not work this way.
Can anybody explain me, how it will be done with systemd? I have to write a systemd unit file, haven't I?
Thank you very much for some advices?
Last edited by smohr (2012-07-27 12:44:23)

I have solved it. Thank you Mr.Elendig!
For running more than one command in your udev rules, it is necessary to execute them in a bash script and connect them with &&.

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1 - vovo (1000)
Since: Mon, 2012-11-12 10:05:03 BRST; 7min ago
Leader: 319 (kdm)
Seat: seat0; vc7
Display: :0
Service: kde-np; type x11; class user
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Last edited by vovotux (2012-11-12 13:31:31)

Hi everybody,
I had tried:
loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID
Active=yes
State=active
To mount crypted partition, other authorizations are needed. But actualy, I only just try to mount decrypted partiton (root has "luksopen" the crypted partition to /dev/mapper, and I try to mount /dev/mapper/DECRYPTED partition). The "mount" command tell me only root can do that.
May be I have to add other autorizations anyway?
I had change my rule file:
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if (action.id="org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" && subject.isInGroup("storage")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
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journalctl -b -u polkit
Nov 17 09:21:53 PCFixe polkitd[387]: Reloading rules
Nov 17 09:21:53 PCFixe polkitd[387]: Collecting garbage unconditionally...
Nov 17 09:21:53 PCFixe polkitd[387]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
Nov 17 09:21:53 PCFixe polkitd[387]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
Nov 17 09:21:53 PCFixe polkitd[387]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 2 rules
So all seems ok.
But:
$ mount /dev/sda3 ./test/
mount: seul le superutilisateur peut exécuter cette commande (--> only root can execute this command)
/dev/sda3 is crypted, so with root I "luksOpen" it on /dev/mapper/DECRYPTED
cryptsetup luksOpen --allow-discards /dev/sda3 DECRYPTED
Saisissez la phrase secrète pour /dev/sda3 :
I try to mount it with my user
$ mount /dev/mapper/DECRYPTED ./test/
mount: seul le superutilisateur peut exécuter cette commande (--> only root can execute this command)
An idea: may be /dev/mapper devices are not considered as "filesystem-mount-system" ??
Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.
Best regards.
Alain

[~SOLVED] 1 min hang during boot while mounting xfs partitions (LVM)

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2.980s [email protected]
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Last edited by VDP76 (2014-01-22 23:38:25)

WonderWoofy wrote:I don't think that the fsck.xfs is really a fsck at all. It is there for compatibility purposes, and a real check can be done with xfs_check and xfs_repair. So the fsck.xfs will just always give an exit status of zero.
exactly..in fact the man page says
fsck.xfs(8) wrote:fsck.xfs - do nothing, successfully
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running xfs_check gives
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Please use xfs_repair -n <dev> instead.
and xfs_repair does not find errors on both partitions.
Still, I do not understand how nothing being done can take up so much time.
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Last edited by robertoprs (2009-02-09 07:07:34)

Sorry, I forgot to post the answer...
So I just needed to restart Windows after using Chkdsk. Now I can read and write even when Windows is only hibernated. I'm just curious. I understand that this problem was a very stupid question, but it wasn't obvious to me that Chkdsk needed a reboot to "let go" the partition. Why is that?
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Hi,
I have searched and searched and pulling my hair out on this issue. I am using PCMANFM .9.10 on an LXDE install using the Arch x86 iso. My HD contains several linux partitions and a FAT32 partition.
I am not able to mount these partitions in PCMANFM. I am able to mount my usb flash drive
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Today, June 11 I partially rewrote this due to the lack of response I am getting on this problem.
1. did a reinstall of Arch & LXDE today. I've done two or three installs. dbus is in daemons in /etc/rc.conf
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[Storage Permissions]
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Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach;org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock;org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown;org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
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done
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#exec startxfce4
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Thanks
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Last edited by linuxloverjerry1 (2012-06-13 04:25:37)

Hi,
I have searched and searched and pulling my hair out on this issue. I am using PCMANFM .9.10 on an LXDE install using the Arch x86 iso. My HD contains several linux partitions and a FAT32 partition.
I am not able to mount these partitions in PCMANFM. I am able to mount my usb flash drive
When trying to mount a partition in PCMANFM I get a "not authorized to perform operation" error message.
Today, June 11 I partially rewrote this due to the lack of response I am getting on this problem.
1. did a reinstall of Arch & LXDE today. I've done two or three installs. dbus is in daemons in /etc/rc.conf
2. initially the partition icons did not show up
3. then, I installed gvfs and added 55-my-conf.pkla in /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/
4. With that the partition icons show up in PCMANFM
5. But I still get the "not authorized to perform operation" message
The 55-my-conf.pkla has this content:
[Storage Permissions]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach;org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock;org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown;org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
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ResultInactive=no
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#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
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[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
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I changed <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal">
mount a system-internal disk at <allow_active> from "auth_admin_keep" to "yes".
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Either this is a bug or I have a permission problem somewhere.
Can you please advise how to do this or point me to a recent tutorial to be able to auto mount other partitions not using /etc/fstab? Some of the older posts refer to hal or other package that have been deprecated.
Thanks
Edit: latest. It seems that I must mount the desired partition from the terminal. example: $sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
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Last edited by linuxloverjerry1 (2012-06-13 04:25:37)

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excuse me for my bad english

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I'm having a hard time mounting a NTFS drive.
On Windows i did merge two partition to be one (spanning i think).
It is recognized as one partition though:
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000acf3f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 1953523119 976761528+ 42 SFS
With normal NTFS driver it mounts but is read-only, using NTFS-3G it gives this error (that's with Nemo file manager):
Error mounting /dev/sdb2 at /run/media/double/DATA: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sdb2" "/run/media/double/DATA"' exited with non-zero exit status 12: Failed to read last sector (1953517567): Invalid argument
HINTS: Either the volume is a RAID/LDM but it wasn't setup yet,
or it was not setup correctly (e.g. by not using mdadm --build ...),
or a wrong device is tried to be mounted,
or the partition table is corrupt (partition is smaller than NTFS),
or the NTFS boot sector is corrupt (NTFS size is not valid).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb2': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb2' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
I did run chkdsk on Windows, that's not the problem.
I tried this without success:
mdadm --build --verbose /dev/md0 --chunk=64 --level=linear
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/md0 /media/data
How can i mount it?
Thanks in advance.

AD28 wrote:
For seamless integration similar to Ubuntu:
Follow this wiki for ntfs-3g installation and fstab configuration.
For basic on-demand support:
# pacman -Sy ntfs-3g
and mount with:
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdbX /mnt
Now that did the trick!!!!!
A happy Arch Linux user here!!!!hehee
Any idea how to automate this? I want it to be automatically mounted so that it would be easy to transfer files...Pleasssseeeeee.....Thanks

Can't Mount Windows Partition in OSX After Upgrading to 10.5 and BC 2.0

I just installed Leopard today, using the upgrade option (as opposed to a clean install). I was happy to see that I could boot into Windows still, and installed all of the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers while booted into Vista. However, I can no longer mount my Windows partition in OSX. While using Tiger, I did use MacFuse and ntfs-3g to get read-write support, but in Leopard, I can't even read. When I try to mount the Windows volume in Disk Utility, I get an error stating that it cannot be mounted. I also do not have the option to perform "First Aid" or "Repair" on the volume.
I realize that the latest version of ntfs-3g isn't proven to work with Leopard, but I would at least like read access in OSX. Is it possible that some settings were left over from my Tiger configuration that would not allow Leopard to mount the partition? Any ideas?
Thank you.

Ok. I'm in the club with the same problem...
Strange things:
* For the first days after Leopard's install, my BootCamp disk0s3 partition (I'll name it "BillGates") was mounted correctly. Then, after a few days (but BEFORE upgrading to 10.5.1), it disappeared.
* If I launch DiskUtility "BillGates" is shown, but (in the right device navigation bar) it's named "-n BillGates". If I click the Erase menu, it's named "-nBillGates" (without the space between "-n" and "BillGates"). If I launch SystemProfiler it's named "-n BillGates", but the mount point is "/Volumes/billgates". Can't understand where this "-n" thing is coming from!
* If I try to mount "-n BillGates" from DiskUtility it doesn't work and the log says "Mount of -n BillGates failed".
* In the FSTAB there were no instructions: it was empty.
Now, I tried the MacFUSE-solution: no results (meaning BillGates was not mounted on startup).
I tried the modify-the-FSTAB-solution: no results (with "BillGates", "-n BillGates" nor "-nBillGates".
I tried the chkdsk-solution: all tests were ok, but nothing happened.
The only trick that worked was mounting the partition with Terminal's commands (thanks rtracy!!). It made appear "BillGates" on the desktop (without the "-n thing", that is still present in DiskUtility).
Problem is at the first reboot, the Boot Camp partition disappears again. Any ideas for a permanent fix?!
Giangiacomo.
ADDENDUM: I've tried to move a file from desktop to an unlocked folder in BillGates and System did not copy them. "The item could not be moved because "BillGates" cannot be modified" !!!!!!!!
Message was edited by: Giangiacomo Castelfranchi1

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