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Asked: 2011-11-05 09:00:56 +0800 CST

Nautilus freezes if mounted SSHFS-Device is unreachable

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Using SSHFS to mount remote file systems in the user space, I have the problem that all instances of Nautilus use to freeze, if one of the mounted hosts is unreachable. That problem occurs with Nautilus 2.X and 3.X and I cant find any solution until today. This problem makes SSHFS almost unusable, at least using an unstable WLAN or something like it. Is this a Nautilus bug? Can anyone confirm this problem, is there a solution?

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2 Answers

  1. This is Bug 657208 in GNOME Bugzilla.

    Update:

    Also there is a possible workaround found in SSHFS FAQ:

    sshfs hangs after a while

    Mounting works fine, I can use the files in Mountpoint as good as any other files on my system, but after bit of time, changing nothing on the remote files sshfs crashes. This means, I can not cd into the Mountpoint (xterm hangs, nautilus hangs... every program trying to access the Mountpoint gets stuck, and won't return).

    Solution: add

    ServerAliveInterval 15

    in your .ssh/config (or use -o ServerAliveInterval=15 on the sshfs command line but I did not test that solution). This will force the ssh connection to stay alive even if you have no activity.

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  2. More thorough answer here: SSHFS - auto reconnect.

    In short, use: 

    sshfs -o reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15,ServerAliveCountMax=3 server:/path/to/mount
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