Re: [gentoo-user] sshfs - cannot unmount as normal user

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 09/13/2012 04:23:15 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Helmut Jarausch
> <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Since a short time I have a critical problem with sshfs.
> > I cannot unmount it !
> >
> > Doing, e.g.,
> >
> > sshfs  -o transform_symlinks -o Cipher="blowfish" numa-sv:/Save
> /numa-sv
> >
> > works just fine.
> >
> > df shows
> > numa-sv:/Save  148976776 102070872  40882408  72% /numa-sv
> >
> > grep /numa-sv /etc/mtab  shows
> >
> > numa-sv:/Save /numa-sv fuse.sshfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
> >
> >
> > BUT trying to do (which has been working for a long time)
> >
> > fusermount -u /numa-sv
> >
> > now gives
> >
> > fusermount: entry for /numa-sv not found in /etc/mtab
> >
> > sudo umount /numa-sv
> > and
> > sudo fusermount -u /numa-sv
> >
> > do work, but then I'd have to generate a general rule in
> /etc/sudoers and
> > add everybody to the group 'wheel' which I'd like to avoid.
> >
> >
> > I'm using
> >
> > kernel 3.5.3
> >
> > openssh  6.1_p1
> >
> > sshfs-fuse  (GIT version 2012/09/13)
> >
> > fuse  2.9.1-r1
> >
> > I can't use  fuse from GIT since it breaks many packages on my
> machine.
> >
> > Many thanks for a hint,
> > Helmut.
>
> It works here with sshfs-fuse-2.4. Maybe it is because the directory
> lives directly under /? Try mounting it in a directory inside $HOME,
> and see if it works that way.
>

Unfortunately, this doesn't work either.
It seems to be related to a recent kernel as others have similar  
problems with fuse reported elsewhere.

Thanks,
Helmut.