On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 08:42:28 (-0600), Mark Allums wrote: > On 2/20/19 3:20 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > > > Maybe something simple like "lsof" command can shed some > > > > light on this problem? > > > > $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb > > > > $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb1 > > > > > > root@martha:~# lsof /dev/sdb > > > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system > > > /run/user/1001/gvfs > > > Output information may be incomplete. > > > root@martha:~# lsof /dev/sdb1 > > > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system > > > /run/user/1001/gvfs > > > Output information may be incomplete. > > > root@martha:~# > > > > > There you have it. "lsof" command should not output anything if > > examined object is not in use. > > I assume that "/dev/sdb1" gets auto-mounted by gvfsd [1] for user > > with UID 1001. > > AFAIK GIO and company implements different mounting scheme without > > involving traditional kernel mounting and allow to restrict > > mounted devices only for user who mounted them. > > So even root user can't access them if they are mounted by other user. > > Try to use gio [2] utility to check status and unmount "/dev/sdb1" device. > > > > [1] man gvfsd > > [2] man gio > > I man'ed them, but I got nothing useful for my trouble. How does one > stop gvfsd, or tell it not to mount anything (right now). I'm about > mid-grade with Linux skill, and the care and feeding of demons is a > little above my pay grade. > > root@martha:~# gio mount -u /dev/sdb1 > gio: file:///dev/sdb1: Containing mount for file /dev/sdb1 not found > root@martha:~# gio mount -e /dev/sdb1 > gio: file:///dev/sdb1: Containing mount for file /dev/sdb1 not found > > Any advice as to how to stop the auto-mounter, gvfsd, or fuse, etc. > from tying up my disk, or how to get fsck to scan it?
The man page suggests that running gvfsd --no-fuse or setting a value to GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE will stop it running. How to set an environment variable in a DE is left as an exercise for the reader. Cheers, David.
