Fail to start RClone VFS Service

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So when you type what I had pasted in and if you

cat /home/howardgillespie/scripts/rclone.log

There is no file?

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correct no file. I just added the following into scripts

howardgillespie@vmi346374:~/scripts$ rclone --log-file=mylogfile.txt

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When you make changes, it's hard to follow and figure out what you are doing.

If you paste what I had shared, it either generates a no log file like my output or if there is an error it writes to the log file or runs which doesn't return a command prompt.

I can't tell what you are typing or what you've changed so you'd have to share the full command you are running and the full output.

You want to change --log-file to have a path to it.

So if you can reshare all the details again with the output, that is where we are.

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gotcha.

howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$ /home/howardgillespie/rclone.log
-bash: /home/howardgillespie/rclone.log: No such file or directory
howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$ cd /home/howardgillespie/scripts
howardgillespie@vmi346374:~/scripts$ rclone.log
rclone.log: command not found
howardgillespie@vmi346374:~/scripts$ rclone --log-file=mylogfile.txt
howardgillespie@vmi346374:~/scripts$

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You need to paste exactly what is here:

cat /home/howardgillespie/scripts/rclone.log
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done. I had to replace hyperlinks with [link]

howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$ cat /home/howardgillespie/scripts/rclone.log
2021/02/26 10:37:28 NOTICE: Serving remote control on [link]
2021/02/26 10:37:29 mount helper error: fusermount: option allow_other only allowed if 'user_allow_other' is set in /etc/fuse.conf
2021/02/26 10:37:29 Fatal error: failed to mount FUSE fs: fusermount: exit status 1
2021/02/26 10:52:06 NOTICE: Serving remote control on [link]
2021/02/26 10:52:07 mount helper error: fusermount: option allow_other only allowed if 'user_allow_other' is set in /etc/fuse.conf
2021/02/26 10:52:07 Fatal error: failed to mount FUSE fs: fusermount: exit status 1
howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$

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You need to edit that file and remove the comment before user_allow_other and re-run your mount command repost the log file.

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howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$ /etc/fuse.conf
-bash: /etc/fuse.conf: Permission denied
howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$

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As the root user you need to edit the file with something like:

vi /etc/fuse.conf

If you have some friend or someone that can assist with some basic Linux stuff, that would help out a lot.

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thank you, I didn't know about config files until yesterday.. I know I'll retain what I've learnt but there's so much.. No friends with that much patience..

This is the error while editing:

howardgillespie@vmi346374:~$ vi /etc/fuse.conf
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-- INSERT -- W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file 8,1 All
E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "/var/tmp/fuse.conf.swp"
owned by: howardgillespie dated: Fri Feb 26 11:34:29 2021
file name: /etc/fuse.conf
modified: YES
user name: howardgillespie host name: [link]
process ID: 16916
While opening file "/etc/fuse.conf"
dated: Fri Jun 20 02:23:50 2014

(1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case,
be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same
file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution.
(2) An edit session for this file crashed.
If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/fuse.conf"
to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").
If you did this already, delete the swap file "/var/tmp/fuse.conf.swp"
to avoid this message.

Press ENTER or type command to continue

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You need to logged in as the root user.

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root@vmi346374:~# vi /etc/fuse.conf

[1]+ Stopped vi /etc/fuse.conf
root@vmi346374:~# /etc/fuse.conf
-bash: /etc/fuse.conf: Permission denied
root@vmi346374:~# vi /etc/fuse.conf
user name: howardgillespie host name: [link]
process ID: 18255 (STILL RUNNING)
3. fuse.conf.swn
owned by: howardgillespie dated: Fri Feb 26 11:45:23 2021
file name: /etc/fuse.conf
modified: YES
user name: howardgillespie host name: [link]
process ID: 17625
4. fuse.conf.swo
owned by: howardgillespie dated: Fri Feb 26 11:40:48 2021
file name: /etc/fuse.conf
modified: YES
user name: howardgillespie host name: [link]
process ID: 17336
5. fuse.conf.swp
owned by: howardgillespie dated: Fri Feb 26 11:34:29 2021
file name: /etc/fuse.conf
modified: YES
user name: howardgillespie host name: [link]
process ID: 16916
In directory /tmp:
-- none --

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This might help as you need to edit that file:

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Thank, I did a re-install.. Cleaned up everything

  1. edited fuse, looks good

/etc/fuse.conf - Configuration file for Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE)

Set the maximum number of FUSE mounts allowed to non-root users.

The default is 1000.

#mount_max = 1000

Allow non-root users to specify the allow_other or allow_root mount options.

user_allow_other
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"/etc/fuse.conf" 8L, 279C

Rclone VFS Service

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[Unit]
Description=RClone VFS Service
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=notify
KillMode=none
Environment=GOMAXPROCS=2

ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount Plex: /home/howardgillespie/Mount
--config /home/howardgillespie/.rclone.conf
--allow-other
--use-mmap
--dir-cache-time 1000h
--poll-intervals=15s
--vfs-cache-mode writes
--tpslimit 10
--rc \

StandardOutput=file:/home/howardgillespie/scripts/rclone_vfs_mount.log
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -uz /home/howardgillespie/Mount
Restart=on-failure
User=howardgillespie
Group=howardgillespie

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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