Cannot mount remote of type local in network-mode

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

Mount of remote with type "local" works fine in normal mode, but not in network mode.
As soon as the option --network-mode is added the error mountpoint "p:" didn't became available on mount - continuing anyway is triggered

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.58.1
- os/version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 1909 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 10.0.18363.1556 (x86_64)
- os/type: windows
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.17.9
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: cmount

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

"local"

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

rclone mount vv: p: --vfs-cache-mode full --network-mode --cache-dir F:\tmp\rclone -vv

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

[ll]
type = local

[vv]
type = alias
remote = ll:m:\m

A log from the command with the -vv flag

C:\>rclone mount vv: p: --vfs-cache-mode full --network-mode --cache-dir F:\tmp\rclone -vv
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.58.1" starting with parameters ["F:\\opt\\scoop\\apps\\rclone\\current\\rclone.exe" "mount" "vv:" "p:" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--network-mode" "--cache-dir" "F:\\tmp\\rclone" "-vv"]
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "vv:"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Using config file from "F:\\opt\\scoop\\apps\\rclone\\current\\rclone.conf"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "ll:m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "ll:m:/m" to be canonical "ll://?/m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "vv:" to be canonical "ll://?/m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 INFO  : Local file system at //?/m:/m: poll-interval is not supported by this remote
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : vfs cache: root is "F:\\tmp\\rclone"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : vfs cache: data root is "\\\\?\\F:\\tmp\\rclone\\vfs\\ll\\?\\m:\\m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : vfs cache: metadata root is "\\\\?\\F:\\tmp\\rclone\\vfsMeta\\ll\\?\\m:\\m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "F:/tmp/rclone/vfs/ll/?/m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "F:/tmp/rclone/vfs/ll/?/m:/m" to be canonical "//?/F:/tmp/rclone/vfs/ll/?/m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "F:/tmp/rclone/vfsMeta/ll/?/m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "F:/tmp/rclone/vfsMeta/ll/?/m:/m" to be canonical "//?/F:/tmp/rclone/vfsMeta/ll/?/m:/m"
2022/06/09 17:18:52 INFO  : 1: Removing directory
2022/06/09 17:18:52 INFO  : 1: Removing directory
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Network mode mounting is enabled
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Mounting on "p:" ("\\server\\ll   ? m  m")
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : vfs cache RemoveNotInUse (maxAge=3600000000000, emptyOnly=false): item a.txt not removed, freed 0 bytes
2022/06/09 17:18:52 INFO  : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 1 (was 1) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 5 (was 5)
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Local file system at //?/m:/m: Mounting with options: ["-o" "attr_timeout=1" "-o" "uid=-1" "-o" "gid=-1" "--FileSystemName=rclone" "--VolumePrefix=\\server\\ll   ? m  m"]
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Local file system at //?/m:/m: Init:
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : Local file system at //?/m:/m: >Init:
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : /: Statfs:
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : /: >Statfs: stat={Bsize:4096 Frsize:4096 Blocks:969122304 Bfree:245824946 Bavail:245824946 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Favail:0 Fsid:0 Flag:0 Namemax:255}, errc=0
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : /: Readlink:
2022/06/09 17:18:52 DEBUG : /: >Readlink: linkPath="", errc=-40
The service rclone has been started.
2022/06/09 17:19:09 ERROR : mountpoint "p:" didn't became available on mount - continuing anyway
The service rclone has been stopped.
2022/06/09 17:19:32 DEBUG : Local file system at //?/m:/m: Destroy:
2022/06/09 17:19:32 DEBUG : Local file system at //?/m:/m: >Destroy:
2022/06/09 17:19:32 DEBUG : Not calling host.Unmount as mount already Destroyed
2022/06/09 17:19:32 DEBUG : vfs cache: cleaner exiting
2022/06/09 17:19:32 DEBUG : Unmounted successfully
2022/06/09 17:19:32 ERROR : p:: Unmounted rclone mount
2022/06/09 17:19:32 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.58.1" finishing with parameters ["F:\\opt\\scoop\\apps\\rclone\\current\\rclone.exe" "mount" "vv:" "p:" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--network-mode" "--cache-dir" "F:\\tmp\\rclone" "-vv"]
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@albertony might be able to help with this!

My only suggestion would be to try setting --volname to something, eg --volname rclone

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Interesting...

I reproduce the error on latest master build and without config:

.\rclone.exe mount C:\Temp X: --network-mode
The service rclone has been started.
2022/06/10 13:13:09 ERROR : mountpoint "X:" didn't became available on mount - continuing anyway
The service rclone has been stopped.
2022/06/10 13:13:20 ERROR : X:: Unmounted rclone mount

And this:

was a very good suggestion - that fixes it:

.\rclone.exe mount C:\Temp X: --network-mode --volname rclonetesting
The service rclone has been started.

Edit: I can debug it, and hopefully it will be easy to spot (and fix) what it is with the volname that makes it work (or not).

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This worked like a charm - thank you so much!

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Seems the list of reserved characters for file/directory names in Microsoft's Naming Convention does in fact apply to volume names when using network mode:

< (less than)
> (greater than)
: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)

Haven't found a definitive source documenting this is the case, specifically for volume names/labels, but I think we can safely assume that and remove them if present (we do already remove : and /).

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Yes that sounds like a good idea. What character is in the volname that it doesn't like at the moment? \ would be my guess?

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I think all in the list... I've tried *, |, <, :, ? so far..

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I meant in this specific example what is the problem character?

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Ah, sorry. It is ?.
E.g. with rclone.exe mount C:\Temp X: --network-mode then "C:\Temp" is converted to "//?/C:/Temp" in rclone, and default volname is generated from that into "\server\? C Temp".

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Ah, that makes sense.

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