Running AppImage on Fedora Silverblue - "Failed to obtain administrator privileges"

[LittleBlueBreeze]

When I run VeraCrypt (latest version, 1.26.24) as an appimage (installed via GearLever) on Fedora Silverblue (latest version, 43.2), it fails to obtain administrator privileges when I try and mount a volume and type in my administrator password.

Expected behavior

Volume should mount successfully

Observed behavior

Produces an error message "Failed to obtain administrator privileges"

Steps to reproduce

1. Install VeraCrypt as an appimage on Fedora Silverblue (or probably any atomic/immutable Fedora-based distro)
2. Try mounting a volume
3. Type in administrator password when prompted

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Your Environment

Please tell us more about your environment

VeraCrypt version: 1.26.24, appimage

Operating system and version:

Fedora Silverblue 43.2

System type:

x86_64

My workaround for this right now is just to use an app called Main Menu to edit the desktop file / launcher for VeraCrypt to add 'sudo' to the default execution command so VeraCrypt always runs with sudo. It's not ideal because it doesn't remember any volumes I've mounted or respect dark mode

[andreas-1107]

Same experience here on Debian 12 Bookworm.
And thanks for the description of the workaround!

[diazbastian]

I have the same problem. I usually have VeraCrypt Containers or external flash drives encrypted with VeraCrypt, and I can mount them graphically with GNOME Disks. But I wanted to create new ones with the official VeraCrypt appimage, but since the creation process asks to mount the new volume, the process can't continue.

Bluefin (Version: 43.20260113)
VeraCrypt 1.26.24