Bradley <pursley001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 07/22/2009 09:01 AM, Bradley wrote: >> On 07/22/2009 07:17 AM, davide wrote: >>> Bradley<pursley001<at> comcast.net> writes: >>> >>>> I have my system do regular automated backups and just noticed that the >>>> backups have been failing do to a ".gvfs" directory >>> >>> there is a similar thread quite recent. >>> search into the archives, there is a solution (a dirty hack maybe) >>> for the >>> backup issue. >> Okay, read the thread but apparently there is no solution to this >> problem. Has anyone tried permanently "breaking" or disabling fuse so >> that it doesn't create the directory in the first place? > >Final update on this thread for me: > >Well, I decided to "break" fuse by making the executables in the /bin >and /sbin directories unavailable and, guess what? The directory still >appears but with normal access rights thereby fixing my problem. All >other system operations seem to be working normally except that I have >to enter the root password for mounting temporary files systems, which >is fine since I'm the only one that uses them on my system. This will be >my workaround that works great! According to a thread on the fedora-test list it's possible to prevent the gvfs-fuse-daemon starting by setting an environment variable: On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 23:05 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 22:54 -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote: > > Can anybody tell me what this gvfs-fuse-daemon is doing mounted to a > > dotfile in my home directory? (.gvfs). It's new to F9 apparently (I > > never noticed it in F8, and it definitely wasn't there in F7). > > > > Why do I need it and can I get rid of it? > > You need it if you want to be able to use posix applications on all > sorts of exotic mounts. E.g editing text files on a gphoto mount, or in > a mounted archive. > > To get rid of it: > > GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE=1 > export GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE However, I've been unable to find out where to set that environment variable. Although gvfsd is run as the user logging in it doesn't have that users environment. Ron -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
