Linux/FreeBSD: Add CLI switch to force use of old sudo behavior of sending a dummy password

The new switch is --use-dummy-sudo-password

src/Core/CoreBase.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 {
 	CoreBase::CoreBase ()
 		: DeviceChangeInProgress (false)
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		, UseDummySudoPassword (false)
+#endif
 	{
 	}
 

src/Core/CoreBase.h

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		virtual void SetFileOwner (const FilesystemPath &path, const UserId &owner) const = 0;
 		virtual DirectoryPath SlotNumberToMountPoint (VolumeSlotNumber slotNumber) const = 0;
 		virtual void WipePasswordCache () const = 0;
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		virtual void ForceUseDummySudoPassword (bool useDummySudoPassword) { UseDummySudoPassword = useDummySudoPassword;}
+		virtual bool GetUseDummySudoPassword () const { return UseDummySudoPassword;}
+#endif
 
 		Event VolumeDismountedEvent;
 		Event VolumeMountedEvent;
@@ -87,6 +91,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 
 		bool DeviceChangeInProgress;
 		FilePath ApplicationExecutablePath;
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		bool UseDummySudoPassword;
+#endif
 
 	private:
 		CoreBase (const CoreBase &);

src/Core/Unix/CoreService.cpp

@@ -300,9 +300,12 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				//	See : https://superuser.com/questions/902826/why-does-sudo-n-on-mac-os-x-always-return-0
 				//
 				//	If for some reason we are getting empty output from pipe, we revert to old behavior
+				//	We also use the old way if the user is forcing the use of dummy password for sudo
 				
 #if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
 				
+				if (!Core->GetUseDummySudoPassword ())
+				{
 					std::vector<char> buffer(128, 0);
 					std::string result;
 					bool authCheckDone = false;
@@ -333,6 +336,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 						//	Set to false to force the 'WarningEvent' to be raised in case of and elevation exception.
 						request.FastElevation = false;
 					}
+				}
 #endif				
 				try
 				{

src/Main/CommandLineInterface.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		ArgTrueCryptMode (false),
 		ArgDisableFileSizeCheck (false),
 		ArgUseLegacyPassword (false),
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		ArgUseDummySudoPassword (false),
+#endif
 		StartBackgroundTask (false)
 	{
 		wxCmdLineParser parser;
@@ -100,7 +103,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		parser.AddParam (								_("Mount point"), wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING, wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL);
 		parser.AddSwitch (L"",	L"no-size-check",		_("Disable check of container size against disk free space."));
 		parser.AddSwitch (L"",	L"legacy-password-maxlength", _("Use legacy maximum password length (64 UTF-8 bytes)"));
-
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		parser.AddSwitch (L"",	L"use-dummy-sudo-password",	_("Use dummy password in sudo to detect if it is already authenticated"));
+#endif
 		wxString str;
 		bool param1IsVolume = false;
 		bool param1IsMountedVolumeSpec = false;
@@ -339,6 +344,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		ArgTrueCryptMode = parser.Found (L"truecrypt");
 		ArgDisableFileSizeCheck = parser.Found (L"no-size-check");
 		ArgUseLegacyPassword = parser.Found (L"legacy-password-maxlength") || ArgTrueCryptMode;		
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		ArgUseDummySudoPassword = parser.Found (L"use-dummy-sudo-password");
+#endif
 
 #if !defined(TC_WINDOWS) && !defined(TC_MACOSX)
 		if (parser.Found (L"fs-options", &str))

src/Main/CommandLineInterface.h

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
         shared_ptr<SecureBuffer> ArgTokenPin;
         bool ArgDisableFileSizeCheck;
         bool ArgUseLegacyPassword;
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+        bool ArgUseDummySudoPassword;
+#endif
 
 		bool StartBackgroundTask;
 		UserPreferences Preferences;

src/Main/UserInterface.cpp

@@ -534,6 +534,10 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			Core->SetAdminPasswordCallback (shared_ptr <GetStringFunctor> (new AdminPasswordRequestHandler));
 		}
 
+#if defined(TC_LINUX ) || defined (TC_FREEBSD)
+		Core->ForceUseDummySudoPassword (CmdLine->ArgUseDummySudoPassword);
+#endif
+
 		Core->WarningEvent.Connect (EventConnector <UserInterface> (this, &UserInterface::OnWarning));
 		Core->VolumeMountedEvent.Connect (EventConnector <UserInterface> (this, &UserInterface::OnVolumeMounted));