LUKS encrypted external drive owned by nobody:nogroup

[anandv96]

Issue Description

When I plug in a LUKS encrypted external SSD, I get a prompt to enter the decryption password. When I enter the password, I see that the drive has been decrypted, because the name of the volume shows up (before entering the key, it only shows up as "Encrypted 1TB")

However, when I try to open the volume on gnome files, I get the error: "This location could not be displayed" "You do not have the permissions to view the contents of "Samsung 1TB" ".

On the terminal, I can see that the mount folder owner is: "nobody nogroup" with the permissions "dwrx------". So nobody can open the dir.

Steps to Reproduce

• Create an external ext4 drive (pen drive, external HDD/SSD) encrypted with LUKS
• Plug it into a Vanilla OS computer
• Try to unlock the device and access the files
• Enter the correct password

On what version of Vanilla OS this happens?

Vanilla OS 2 Orchid

Additional Information

No response

[taukakao]

Use "host-shell" in the terminal to see the real owner and group.

It's not really a vanilla issue though. The owner and group of the drive just don't match the owner and group of your user.

I think there a "Take Ownership" option in gnome disks and you can also use the "host-shell pkexec chown" command to change it.