Problems passing the root password to "app-crypt/veracrypt"

Dr Rainer Woitok <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.user
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Greetings,

after my last routine Gentoo upgrade Veracrypt failed to mount any of my
encrypted USB sticks.  This is not the current version of Veracrypt, but
rather "app-crypt/veracrypt-1.25.9-r2" the last version capable of still
working on my TrueCrypt encrypted USB sticks with NTFS filesystems.   It
worked the evening  before the upgrade,  but now it doesn't anymore:  it
asks for the root password,  I enter it and  Veracrypt just displays the
error message

   mount: /media/veracrypt64: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs3'.
   dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

No, this password didn't change and I'm still able to successfully run

   $ sudo echo test
   Password:
   test
   $

in a terminal window.   Anyway, these were the packages processed  (nei-
ther "app-crypt/veracrypt" itself  nor any of its dependencies  were in-
volved):

   2026-08-05T15:46:40 >>> sys-apps/file 5.48  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 bzip2 elibc_glibc kernel_linux lzma python_targets_python3_14 seccomp zlib
   2026-08-05T15:47:20 >>> sys-kernel/linux-firmware 20260622  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc initramfs kernel_linux redistributable
   2026-08-05T15:49:35 >>> dev-libs/libgpg-error 1.61  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux nls
   2026-08-05T15:49:46 >>> net-dns/c-ares 1.34.8  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T15:49:57 >>> net-libs/nghttp3 1.17.0  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T15:50:08 >>> net-libs/ngtcp2 1.24.0  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc gnutls kernel_linux openssl ssl
   2026-08-05T15:50:19 >>> sys-apps/less 704  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux pcre
   2026-08-05T15:50:29 >>> dev-libs/ell 0.83  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T15:50:40 >>> dev-libs/check 0.15.2-r2  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T15:50:48 >>> dev-libs/jsoncpp 1.9.8  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T15:50:58 >>> app-editors/nano 9.1  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux ncurses nls spell unicode
   2026-08-05T15:51:08 >>> sys-apps/util-linux 2.42.2  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 caps cramfs elibc_glibc hardlink kernel_linux logger ncurses pam python_targets_python3_14 readline su suid udev unicode
   2026-08-05T15:53:31 >>> app-admin/logrotate 3.22.0-r1  USE: abi_x86_64 acl amd64 cron elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T15:53:54 >>> sys-libs/libnvme 1.16.2  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 dbus elibc_glibc json kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14 ssl
   2026-08-05T15:54:04 >>> net-wireless/iwd 3.12  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 client cpu_flags_x86_aes cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 elibc_glibc kernel_linux monitor
   2026-08-05T15:54:43 >>> app-arch/libarchive 3.8.9  USE: abi_x86_64 acl amd64 bzip2 e2fsprogs elibc_glibc iconv kernel_linux lzma xattr zstd
   2026-08-05T15:54:53 >>> net-libs/nghttp2 1.69.0  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux xml
   2026-08-05T15:55:03 >>> net-misc/curl 8.21.0-r1  USE: abi_x86_64 adns alt-svc amd64 curl_ssl_openssl elibc_glibc ftp hsts http2 http3 httpsrr imap kernel_linux openssl pop3 psl quic smtp ssl tftp websockets
   2026-08-05T15:55:15 >>> dev-lang/python 3.14.6_p1  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 bluetooth elibc_glibc ensurepip gdbm kernel_linux llvm_slot_19 ncurses readline sqlite ssl tk
   2026-08-05T15:59:11 >>> dev-python/typing-extensions 4.16.0  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14
   2026-08-05T15:59:22 >>> dev-python/cython 3.2.8  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14
   2026-08-05T15:59:35 >>> dev-build/cmake 4.3.4  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux ncurses
   2026-08-05T15:59:53 >>> dev-python/msgpack 1.2.1  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux native-extensions python_targets_python3_14
   2026-08-05T16:00:04 >>> dev-python/vcs-versioning 2.2.2  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14
   2026-08-05T16:00:14 >>> sys-apps/openrc 0.63.3  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux pam sysv-utils sysvinit unicode
   2026-08-05T16:00:51 >>> app-admin/perl-cleaner 2.31-r3  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T16:01:01 >>> app-portage/gentoolkit 0.7.6  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14
   2026-08-05T16:01:13 >>> app-antivirus/clamav 1.5.3  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 clamapp clamonacc elibc_glibc kernel_linux rar system-mspack
   2026-08-05T16:12:37 >>> dev-python/uv 0.11.25  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T16:37:05 >>> dev-python/setuptools-scm 10.1.2  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14
   2026-08-05T16:37:16 >>> dev-python/sqlalchemy 2.0.51  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux python_targets_python3_14 sqlite
   2026-08-05T16:38:22 >>> www-client/firefox-bin 153.0.3  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc gmp-autoupdate kernel_linux l10n_en-GB
   2026-08-05T16:38:53 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 6.18.41  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T16:41:06 >>> net-dns/libidn 1.44  USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc emacs kernel_linux
   2026-08-05T16:54:56 >>> media-video/vlc 4.0.0_pre20260625  USE: X abi_x86_64 alsa amd64 cpu_flags_x86_sse dbus dvbpsi dvd elibc_glibc encode ffmpeg flac gcrypt gui jpeg kernel_linux libnotify libsamplerate lua lua_single_target_lua5-1 mad mp3 mtp ncurses ogg png ssl svg truetype udev v4l x264 xml

-- END OF UPGRADED PACKAGES LIST --

Regarding the mount of the USB stick the syslog file from the day before
the upgrade (where mounting worked as it should) contains these lines:

   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 15 using xhci_hcd
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5581, bcdDevice= 1.00
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: Product:  SanDisk 3.2Gen1
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: Manufacturer:  USB
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: SerialNumber: 0101268bffab21a95005cfa37c6fa080a1dedd2a11638aac883adf7578f57686fd5c00000000000000000000df7bb6370082060081558107692ab157
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: usb-storage 1-8:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) kernel: scsi host4: usb-storage 1-8:1.0
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[1187546]: checking bus 1, device 15: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8"
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[1187546]: bus: 1, device: 15 was not an MTP device
   2026-08-04T19:19:16+02:00 (6) laptop-mode[1187587]: enabled, not active
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (6) laptop-mode[1188180]: enabled, not active
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (5) kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access      USB      SanDisk 3.2Gen1 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 240353280 512-byte logical blocks: (123 GB/115 GiB)
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (7) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (6) kernel:  sdc: sdc1
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[1188730]: checking bus 1, device 15: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8"
   2026-08-04T19:19:17+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[1188730]: bus: 1, device: 15 was not an MTP device
   2026-08-04T19:19:22+02:00 (1) sudo[1188758]:   rainer : a password is required ; PWD=/home/rainer ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/uptime
   2026-08-04T19:19:29+02:00 (5) sudo[1188767]:   rainer : PWD=/home/rainer ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/veracrypt --core-service
   2026-08-04T19:19:29+02:00 (6) sudo[1188767]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by rainer(uid=1000)
   2026-08-04T19:19:30+02:00 (6) sudo[1188767]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
   2026-08-04T19:19:30+02:00 (5) ntfs-3g[1188816]: Version 2026.2.25 integrated FUSE 28
   2026-08-04T19:19:30+02:00 (5) ntfs-3g[1188816]: Mounted /dev/mapper/veracrypt64 (Read-Write, label "", NTFS 3.1)
   2026-08-04T19:19:30+02:00 (5) ntfs-3g[1188816]: Cmdline options: rw,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,big_writes
   2026-08-04T19:19:30+02:00 (5) ntfs-3g[1188816]: Mount options: allow_other,nonempty,relatime,rw,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/mapper/veracrypt64,blkdev,blksize=4096
   2026-08-04T19:19:30+02:00 (5) ntfs-3g[1188816]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 7

-- END OF BEFORE-UPGRADE SYSLOG --

But all syslog files after the upgrade  only contain the following lines
regarding the USB stick mount:

   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5581, bcdDevice= 1.00
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: Product:  SanDisk 3.2Gen1
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: Manufacturer:  USB
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb 1-8: SerialNumber: 0101268bffab21a95005cfa37c6fa080a1dedd2a11638aac883adf7578f57686fd5c00000000000000000000df7bb6370082060081558107692ab157
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: usb-storage 1-8:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) kernel: scsi host4: usb-storage 1-8:1.0
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[88374]: checking bus 1, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8"
   2026-08-09T12:00:53+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[88374]: bus: 1, device: 13 was not an MTP device
   2026-08-09T12:00:54+02:00 (6) laptop-mode[88415]: enabled, not active
   2026-08-09T12:00:54+02:00 (6) laptop-mode[89008]: enabled, not active
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (5) kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access      USB      SanDisk 3.2Gen1 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 240353280 512-byte logical blocks: (123 GB/115 GiB)
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (7) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (6) kernel:  sdc: sdc1
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (5) kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[89565]: checking bus 1, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8"
   2026-08-09T12:00:55+02:00 (6) mtp-probe[89565]: bus: 1, device: 13 was not an MTP device
   2026-08-09T12:01:03+02:00 (1) sudo[89604]:   rainer : a password is required ; PWD=/home/rainer ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/uptime

-- END OF AFTER UPGRADE SYSLOG --

There are  no further messages  related to the USB stick mounting.  Does
anybody have an idea what's going wrong here?

Sincerely,
  Rainer
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