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Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is a loadable kernel module for Unix-like operating systems to make it possible to create userland filesystems, e.g. ntfs-3g.

Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is a loadable kernel module for Unix-like operating systems to make it possible to create userland filesystems, e.g. . FUSE is available for , , (as puffs), , , and .

Website: http://fuse.sourceforge.net

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace

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SSHFS mount that survives disconnect

I'm using SSHFS mounts from my laptop to a central server. Obviously, the SSHFS mount is broken after a longer disconnect (eg. during suspend), cause the underlying SSH connection timed out. Is there a way to get SSHFS mounts surviving long lasting…
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How to delete .fuse_hidden* files?

I have small Linux server (Debian Squeeze) which runs a Samba server which is configured to share some folders with some windows machines. While trying to delete one of the directories from windows I received the "Cannot delete folder" error. I…
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Why doesn't SSHFS let me look into a mounted directory?

I use SSHFS to mount a directory on a remote server. There is a user xxx on client and server. UID and GID are identical on both boxes. I use sshfs -o kernel_cache -o auto_cache -o reconnect -o compression=no \ -o cache_timeout=600 -o…
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Mount a SSHFS volume into a Docker instance

I use SSHFS to mount a remote filesystem on my host and I want to be able to access it from inside a Docker container. I mount the remote filesystem sshfs -o idmap=user,uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g) user@remote:directory /path/to/sshfs And, using…
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What is the potential for a FUSE mount to destabilize a Linux server?

I'm a sysadmin for a multi-user server, where students in our department have shell accounts. One of our users has requested that we install sshfs on it. I'm debating whether it would be wise to install sshfs as suggested. My main concern is…
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permission errors using gcsfuse as nonroot user on google compute instance

We are currently trying to demo the google cloud platform for some workloads that require lots of storage. We are trying to use google cloud storage but are having problems mounting the buckets using gcsfuse. I am currently able to mount my test…
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How to force s3fs mount on boot

I'm using s3fs 1.33 on Ubuntu 9.10 x86. I mount it manually with this command: sudo /usr/bin/s3fs mybucket /mnt/s3/mybucket -ouse_cache=/tmp How can I force the mount on boot? I guess that I have to write something to /etc/fstab. But what? And how…
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SSHFS over a jumphost

I have 3 computers. A, B, and C. A is the one I'm on now. B is a jumphost that I can SSH through from A to get to computer C using ssh -t B_host ssh C_host. What I'd like to do is mount C's file system to A through an SSHFS command but a brief look…
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Google Cloud Storage Fuse vs GlusterFS, pros, cons and costs

I'm setting up some web servers on Google Cloud Compute and I need a directory synced between all the servers to keep the web sites in sync. I'd also like to use the autoscaling feature to provision new servers when needed. I realise GlusterFS…
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mounting webdav as user (no sudo)

With FUSE it is possible to mount many things purely as a non privileged user. However, it seems that for webdav davfs2 is the preferred project, which appears to be a filesystem driver and uses the standard mount/umount which requires privileges.…
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How stable is zfs-fuse 0.6.9 on Linux?

I'm thinking of using ZFS for my home-made NAS array. I would have 4 HDDs in raidz on a Ubuntu Server 10.04 machine. I'd like to use the snapshot capability and dedup when storing data. I'm not so much concerned about the speed, since the machine is…
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How does S3FS (or any other S3 FUSE filsystem) compare to AWS FSx for Lustre + S3

I remember trying s3fs a year back, trying to use some S3 bucket as a FUSE filesystem. I remember it being quite laggy, especially when coupled with git operations on it (an oblivious system architect had a weird requirement like this). Fast forward…
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GlusterFS Transport endpoint not connected from time to time

I'm using GlusterFS 3.7.9, currently on a single server with 4 bricks. Each brick has 4TB and the volume is set up as distribute only. The volume is mounted on a secondary server and I use it for backup purposes. The problem is that once every…
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Should I mount GlusterFS as NFS or FUSE?

I'm using GlusterFS for a file storage cluster and my web apps. I have two volumes, the storage and the web ones. Currently I have the web one mounted as NFS, because FUSE was way too slow. Now I was wondering if there's any big disadvantage and…
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Can I simulate an S3 bucket going down when it is accessible to root user?

I'm trying to test new network monitoring code for an application that runs on a Debian appliance. I am currently tasked with ensuring that an SNMP trap is thrown when external network shares (such as S3 buckets) are mounted with FUSE and the…
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