On Tue 08 Dec 2020 at 12:41:48 (-0700), Fred wrote: > On 12/8/20 8:53 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package > > > says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from > > > writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus > > > infested, scourge of the Earth software. > > > > Yuck!
It's a bundled gift for those who don't want to bother finding a better encryption scheme. If you'd googled their website, you'd see that written in blue: "NOTE: SecureAccess is not required to use your flash drive as a storage device on Mac or PC. SecureAccess is a complimentary data encryption and password protection application." Typically one either ignores it (for insensitive files) or overwrites it with a better scheme. > > > fred@ragnok:/media/usb0$ ls -l > > > total 8416 > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Jul 9 2018 SanDiskSecureAccess > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8600360 Nov 4 2016 > > > SanDiskSecureAccessV3.01_win.exe > > > fred@ragnok:/media/usb0$ > > > > How did you mount it? > > > > > root@ragnok:/home/fred# chown fred /media/usb0 > > > chown: changing ownership of '/media/usb0': Operation not permitted > > > Attempts to add write permission are also denied. I don't see a mount command. Are you using one of these peculiar fuse mounts that not even root has the privilege to change (or in some cases even to see)? I can't help you there. > > What does `dmesg` say? > > > > > Is there any way to disable or remove the SecureAccess software? > > > > Others have suggested reformatting, but maybe a more constructive path > > forward is to return the bugger, complaining that it doesn't work. That seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Presumably the stick was bought for some purpose. > I have considered returning it but it only cost $6.72 and it isn't > worth standing in line at Walmart. If I can't get it to work I will > bash it with a hammer to see what is inside and buy something else > that doesn't have SecureAccess on it. It's working. I would reformat it. You're likely to meet the same problem with other similar purchases. https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2399/~/sandisk-secureaccess-3.02-support-information-and-download-page Cheers, David.