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

Dr Rainer Woitok wrote on 10.08.2026 12:37:
>     mount: /media/veracrypt64: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs3'.

This isn't a root password issue. Rather, the filesystem type seems to not be recognized.

>     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

My bet would be on util-linux, which provides the "mount" command. Try downgrading it?

Alternatively, did you update your kernel, or reboot into a new kernel that was built recently? 
Maybe the ntfs3 module is missing?

Try:

$ modinfo ntfs3

>     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

Though these logs contradict the "missing module" theory, as it seems you were using the ntfs-3g 
FUSE filesystem, not the in-kernel ntfs3 module. So you may never have had the ntfs3 module.

But none of your updated packages seem to be relevant to FUSE (neither fuse nor ntfs-3g are listed).

How do you mount your USB sticks? A command-line script? A GUI? Auto-mounting?

It looks like whatever was mounting the filesystem after mapping the encrypted block device 
changed the filesystem type that it tries to use. Maybe some recent config change in /etc?

-- Remy