Can't Mount a Vault

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I tried to mount my Vault today, and I could not. The only error I get is this message in the Vaults dialog:

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I don’t see anything in the journalctl logs. If I try to mount the directory with the cryfs command, cryfs isn’t installed.

I found this question, but it seems to me that my issue is a bit different, since there is no indication in the logs and cryfs doesn’t seem to be involved.

However, there IS a ~/.local/share/cryfs. I tried moving it like that answer suggested, and it didn’t help.

I think this is the first time I’ve tried to mount my Vault since updating to Fedora 44.

I’m on Fedora Kinoite 44.

Here are my system particulars:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.26.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Kernel Version: 7.0.9-205.fc44.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20L6S07G00
System Version: ThinkPad T480

Yes, I have now learned to back up my Vault. How to do that securely will be the topic of another question.

Please let me know what other information I can provide.

Thank you!
Eric

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The cryfs backend has been removed from Kinoite. See:

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I’m sorry I didn’t see this before now…

Thank you for this response. That certainly explains it!

Is there a workaround? Can I add cryfs back in? Or is there another way to decrypt the vault?

Thanks!
Eric

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Never mind my question. The answer was in the first article you linked.

For anyone searching for this answer, here’s what I did.

  • Make a new Vault
  • rpm-ostree install cryfs fuse-encfs
  • Reboot
  • Now I can open the old Vault
  • Also open the new Vault
  • Copy everything from the old Vault to the new Vault
  • Close & Lock both Vaults
  • rpm-ostree uninstall cryfs fuse-encfs
  • Reboot
  • Open the new Vault: My files are there!
  • Try to open the old Vault: cannot open it any more; same error as before

Also, very important: Back up what’s in your Vault!

Thank you, @siosm!

Eric