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| -rw-r--r-- | src/Core/Unix/CoreService.cpp | 4 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/Core/Unix/CoreService.cpp b/src/Core/Unix/CoreService.cpp index 712dbab4..dc2f4e6b 100644 --- a/src/Core/Unix/CoreService.cpp +++ b/src/Core/Unix/CoreService.cpp @@ -305,8 +305,6 @@ namespace VeraCrypt bool authCheckDone = false; if (!Core->GetUseDummySudoPassword ()) { - // sudo man page: "If the -l option was specified without a command, sudo, will exit - // with a value of 0 if the user is allowed to run sudo, and they authenticated successfully" // We are using -n to avoid prompting the user for a password. // We are redirecting stderr to stdout and discarding both to avoid any output. // This approach also works on newer macOS versions (12.0 and later). @@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt if (sudoAbsolutePath.empty()) throw SystemException(SRC_POS, errorMsg); - std::string popenCommand = sudoAbsolutePath + " -n -l > /dev/null 2>&1"; // We redirect stderr to stdout (2>&1) to be able to catch the result of the command + std::string popenCommand = sudoAbsolutePath + " -n true > /dev/null 2>&1"; // We redirect stderr to stdout (2>&1) to be able to catch the result of the command FILE* pipe = popen(popenCommand.c_str(), "r"); if (pipe) { |