HOW TO REQUIRE A PASSWORD TO MOUNT THE VOLUMES OF ADDITIONAL INTERNAL HARD DRIVES IN UBUNTU AND LINUX MINT For Ubuntu; In Terminal, type: sudo gksu gedit /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla For the first listed override change the ResultActive=yes to: ResultActive=auth_admin_keep -- For Linux Mint; In Terminal, type: sudo gksu pluma /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla For the first listed override change the ResultActive=yes to: ResultActive=auth_admin_keep - NOTE: The above instructions (which I tested in 64 bit Linux Mint 17.1 MATE) were adapted from those offered in post #4: [SOLVED] Require sudo password on partition mount ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1467629 - In both of the above cases once a users password has been given which enables an additional internal hard drives volume to be mounted, a state of elevated privileges will be invoked which will allow for the mounting of even more additional internal hard drive volumes without the need for re-entering the users password. In Linux Mint MATE an additional icon will appear (it looks like a calculator) next to the one for MintUpdate (which looks like a shield wearing a green check mark). If you hover the cursor over the calculator, the following words will pop up: Click the icon to drop all elevated privileges. Doing so will resume the need to enter the users password in order to mount any unmounted additional internal hard drive volumes. - NOTE: Id expect that most of the following tips wont work with UEFI-based motherboards (most of those manufactured from late 2012 onwards) as by its nature UEFI likely has spyware, hijackware and kill-switchware built into it. Feel free to research UEFI for yourself. I did--which is why I stayed with PC-BIOS-based motherboards: IN PRAISE OF PC-BIOS-ERA MOTHERBOARDS (and of understanding how money is created & controlled...) https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=10152311303561386&set=pb.660216385.-2207520000.1419558157.&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xaf1%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F10690220_10152311303561386_7005556112928419572_n.jpg%3Foh%3Ddaf82dcb2f29ab000e85830470686207%26oe%3D5543D5BA&size=750%2C563 HOW REQUIRING A USERS PASSWORD TO MOUNT ADDITIONAL INTERNAL HARD DRIVE VOLUMES CAN BE USEFUL ON GNU/LINUX PCs WHICH HAVE AN OLD-FASHIONED PC-BIOS As of Jan. 1st, 2015 Facebooks new Terms Of Service will allow them to snoop through your PCs hard drive(s) to see which file names and file types are there (Id expect that other social networking sites may soon adopt a similar, invasive TOS). This info will likely be sold to a variety of third parties ranging from spy agencies to organizations which combat copyright piracy. On a multi-hard drive PC running an up-to-date version of Ubuntu or Linux Mint one can dedicate a single boot drive devoid of personal files to the task of accessing Facebook etc while all of the other hard drive volumes on the PC can be made to require a users password to be mounted and thus read. As long as those volumes arent mounted while the PC is booted via the Facebook hard drive then there should be no way that Facebook can snoop through the contents of those unmounted, password protected, additional hard drive volumes. But what if my PC (or notebook) has only one internal hard drive, you may ask? Ubuntu and Linux Mint can be installed onto and booted from USB 2.0 / 3.0-based hard drives or a good-sized (16 GB+) flash drive. Ubuntu Forums ubuntuforums.org/ THE BELT & SUSPENDERS APPROACH If one is going to boot from a USB-based hard or flash drive to access Facebook etc then one can first boot into the BIOS and disable the SATA bus (and/or the PATA bus on older machines) which the internal hard (and DVD) drives are connected to. After this is done simply reboot into the USB / Facebook drive and all of the other hard drives in the system will be unavailable to the operating system (and thus to Facbook etc) until after you reboot into the BIOS and re-enable the SATA and/or PATA busses. PLAN B for snoop-free Facebooking: Facebook etc can be accessed from an OS running within a virtual machine (like VirtualBox) if ones PC hardware is fast enough and if it has enough RAM (4 GB or more). PLAN C for snoop-free Facebooking: Access Facebook (and other social networking sites which adopt an invasive TOS) from a separate PC (devoid of personal files) which one is not using for anything else.
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