Perfect! I hadn't noticed the 'udisksctl' command.
Thanks you all for taking your time to reply.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am 24.02.2014 21:29, schrieb Henry Jenkins:
Assuming you have udisks2, this shouldn't be a problem:> Is there some method using Ubuntu to set up a luks drive without
> root/sudo access from the cli?
>
> Currently I can use either `sudo cryptsetup luksOpen <drive> <name>`
> then udisks or I can use gnome-disks to which does not requite sudo. So
> I'm assuming there is a existing application that does not require using
> sudo or the use of a GUI.
>
> Motive - mounting a usb key without requiring elevated privs.
$ udisksctl
Usage:
udisksctl [OPTION...] COMMAND
Commands:
help Shows this information
info Shows information about an object
dump Shows information about all objects
status Shows high-level status
monitor Monitor changes to objects
mount Mount a filesystem
unmount Unmount a filesystem
unlock Unlock an encrypted device
lock Lock an encrypted device
loop-setup Set-up a loop device
loop-delete Delete a loop device
power-off Safely power off a drive
smart-simulate Set SMART data for a drive
Use "udisksctl COMMAND --help" to get help on each command.
The 'unlock' command seems useful to you.
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