pamusb-check fails (Permission Denied)

[bkanuka]

I am on Ubuntu 12.10 and I believe I have everything configured properly, because this works:

bennett@bennett-laptop ~> su bennett
* pam_usb v0.5.0
* Authentication request for user "bennett" (su)
* Device "keychain" is connected (good).
* Performing one time pad verification...
* Access granted.

However, pamusb-fails:

bennett@bennett-laptop ~> pamusb-check --debug bennett
* Authentication request for user "bennett" (pamusb-check)
[src/local.c:037] Checking whether the caller is local or not...
[src/local.c:046] Authentication request from tty pts/0
[src/local.c:065] Caller is local (good)
[src/device.c:057] Connecting to HAL...
[src/device.c:034] Searching for "keychain" in the hardware database...
* Device "keychain" is connected (good).
* Performing one time pad verification...
[src/volume.c:102] Searching for volume with uuid 0342d264-25ca-47f7-b39b-3f86f1ba521c
[src/volume.c:130] Found volume 0342d264-25ca-47f7-b39b-3f86f1ba521c
[src/volume.c:087] Device /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdb1 is mounted on /media/bennett/PAM
[src/volume.c:134] Volume is already mounted.
[src/pad.c:060] Cannot open device file: Permission denied
* Pad checking failed !
* Access denied.

What specifically am I being denied access to? (Note: this does work with sudo pamusb-check --debug bennett )

[porelli]

The problem is related to permissions of files located inside .pamusb on the root of your usb token, use chgrp to change group to your main group and chmod to grant rwx to your group.

[jfl209]

Any idea how/why this file was created with the "wrong" permissions?

[aptx4869]

I come across the same error when I change my umask setting to 027

# /etc/login.defs
UMASK       027

#/etc/init.d/rc
umask 027

[timonde]

I am using arch manjaro, the latest but one version 16.06 rc1.
I've installed pam_usb and added a usb device and two users (root and m) with no errors but get this error when checking either user. I note that the problem is to do with permissions but can't find .pamusb mentioned by porelli.

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[root@m m]# pamusb-check --debug m

• Authentication request for user "m" (pamusb-check)
  [src/local.c:037] Checking whether the caller is local or not...
  [src/local.c:046] Authentication request from tty pts/0
  [src/local.c:065] Caller is local (good)
  [src/device.c:057] Connecting to HAL...
  [src/device.c:034] Searching for "MyDevice" in the hardware database...
• Device "MyDevice" is connected (good).
• Performing one time pad verification...
  [src/volume.c:100] Searching for volume with uuid 2315-668A
  [src/volume.c:128] Found volume 2315-668A
  [src/volume.c:068] Device /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdc2 is not mounted
  [src/volume.c:045] Attempting to mount device /dev/sdc2 with label pam_usb2596
  [src/volume.c:048] Executing "pmount -A -s /dev/sdc2 pam_usb2596"
  [src/volume.c:055] Mount succeeded.
  [src/volume.c:068] Device /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdc2 is not mounted
• Unable to retrieve /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdc2 mount point
• Access denied.
  [root@m m]#