How to `rclone mount` when fusermount3 is not installed, no root, cannot make a symlink

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how to rclone mount, when fusermount3 is not installed and not able to make a symlink

the virtual machine

  • no root access.
  • fusermount3 is NOT installed.
  • fusermount us installed.
ls -l `which fusermount`
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 34896 Feb 26  2021 /usr/bin/fusermount

fusermount3 --help
-bash: fusermount3: command not found

and not able to make a symlink

ln -s /bin/fusermount /bin/fusermount3
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/bin/fusermount3': Permission denied

https://forum.rclone.org/t/synoloy-nas-does-not-support-fuse3/36944

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nfsmount maybe? Which is self contained and does not need any fusermount. This is theory:) never tried on Linux but works on Mac like a charm

It works on Linux and macOS only.

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@kapitainsky, thanks for the suggstion, i tried but no go...

failed to mount FUSE fs: mount: /home/asdffdsa/rclone/mount/test: must be superuser to use mount
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Strange as I never used root, but on macOS.

Will try later on some Linux.

Other option would be to try older rclone. One which used fuse. Not fuse3

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And sort of crazy option…. Synology allows you to run VMs. Spin some simple Linux. Now you will have root access inside. Then share mount over smb or whatever or rclone serve. And you can access it from synology level now.

Something like basic Debian without any GUI will be super light.

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the current verison is rclone v1.65.2

i know the link i posted referenced synology, but it is generic shared server.

ok, i figured it out

ln -s ./bin/fusermount3 /bin/fusermount
export PATH=/home/asdffdsa/bin:$PATH

rclone mount test/ ./rclone/mount/test/ -vv
2025/08/28 18:58:55 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.65.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "test/" "./rclone/mount/test/" "-vv"]
2025/08/28 18:58:55 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "test/"
2025/08/28 18:58:55 NOTICE: Config file "/home/asdffdsa/.config/rclone/rclone.conf" not found - using defaults
2025/08/28 18:58:55 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "test/" to be canonical "/home/asdffdsa/test"
2025/08/28 18:58:55 INFO  : Local file system at /home/asdffdsa/test: poll-interval is not supported by this remote
2025/08/28 18:58:55 DEBUG : Local file system at /home/asdffdsa/test: Mounting on "./rclone/mount/test/"
2025/08/28 18:58:56 DEBUG : : Root:
2025/08/28 18:58:56 DEBUG : : >Root: node=/, err=<nil>
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Clever. I wrote it down in my archive of solutions:)

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