truecrypt questions

[ryu]

I've installed truecrypt from security/truecrypt and always get this error when I try to mount a container.

Failed to obtain administrator privileges: myusername is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

I know a way how to fix this, but this can not be right at all.

Edit /usr/local/etc/sudoers and add this line.

## User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
[B]myusername ALL=(ALL) ALL[/B]

Is there another way to fix this?

Also, how can I add a link/symbol for truecrypt to my GNOME application menu?

 

[ryu]

Is there no other way to fix the described problem? How do other truecrypt users handle this?

 

[Zare]

Don't edit sudoers manually. Run # visudo

 

[fonz]

I know a way how to fix this, but this can not be right at all.

## User privilege specification
[B]myusername ALL=(ALL) ALL[/B]

One of the main points of security/sudo is that there's more to it than just

ALL=(ALL) ALL

Somewhere (way) down the end of the sudoers manpage there are examples of how to allow a user to run specific commands only, rather than allowing them everything.

Also, how can I add a link/symbol for truecrypt to my GNOME application menu?

Can't help you there because I don't bother with GNOME, but we have a special GNOME forum here, you might want to ask there.

Fonz