Veracrypt will not mount a File based volume on Network drive in Linux Mint Cinnamon

[Jeffrey Wells]

I have recently converted to Linux and can no loger use my old Symantec PGP software.
SO, I installed Veracrypt Instead on my new Linux Mint Cinnamon build (Laptop).
I have a Veracrypt file volume on my home server. The veracrypt volume was created on a windows machine running Win 7 with Veracrypt 1.21 installed.
When I try to use Veracrypt from my Linux Mint laptop, i can see the file on the network, which means the network drive is mounted properly (AFP mode), but Veracrypt will not mount the volume.

I get the following error:

"Permission denied:
/run/user/1000/gvfs/afp-volume:host=Asustor-Data-3.local,user=anonymous,volume=Data/Name of Veracrypt File

VeraCrypt::File::Open:232"

Any help you can provide would be most appreciated.

HarveytheRabbit

[Kurt Fitzner]

Looks like VeraCrypt can't get read and write permission on the networked container file. This is tricky to debug without a lot more information on how the drive with the container was shared and mounted. It looks like it was mounted as a generic, anonymous user and most Windows shares don't give out write access to guest logins by default. You can either try and mount the remote share with a username/password, or change the permissions in Windows to allow remote read/write access from a guest remote. I'd prefer the former.

[David Jones]

I have basically the same problem. I have my VeraCrypt file stored on a Synology network drive. I have 2 laptops. One is a WIN10. I have no problems mounting my VeraCrypt file using WIN10. The VeraCrypt file was created in Windows (I think WIN7).

I also have a Linux Mint Xfce laptop. When I try to mount my file using the Linux VeraCrypt. It asks for the Admin password. When I enter my Linux Admin password, I get Permission Denied.

When I Launch VeraCrypt using the Terminal SUDO command, I can't navigate to the Synology network drive. I get an error message (see attached image).

Using Linux Mint, how can I open my VeraCrypt file stored on my network drive?

[RealTehreal]

I assume, you're using a samba share. Samba tends to be not fully supported on Linux, especially regarding file attributes and user permissions. You could try to mount your samba share using mount.cifs, which is said to have very good samba support.