# Mount without root access?

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [February 18, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116 "2017-02-18T18:52:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![aaronson2012](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@aaronson2012](https://forum.rclone.org/u/aaronson2012)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116/1 "2017-02-18T18:52:05Z")

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Is it possible to mount without root access?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![anon13847869](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@anon13847869](https://forum.rclone.org/u/anon13847869)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116/2 "2017-02-18T19:34:37Z")

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If FUSE is already installed then no root is needed, however you need root if you want to install FUSE.

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**Author:** ![aaronson2012](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@aaronson2012](https://forum.rclone.org/u/aaronson2012)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116/3 "2017-02-18T22:10:39Z")

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I think fuse is already installed.

I get this error when I try to mount:

```
2017/02/18 22:08:20 mount helper error: fusermount: failed to open /etc/mtab: Permission denied
```

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**Author:** ![aaronson2012](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@aaronson2012](https://forum.rclone.org/u/aaronson2012)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116/4 "2017-02-18T22:54:12Z")

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Silly me it seems regardless of this error, rclone mounted fine. I didnt check! 🙂

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.rclone.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39ad3235f6ffec76ccd0c81616bd55697b4c300d.png) [@system](https://forum.rclone.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/mount-without-root-access/1116/5 "2020-03-04T00:36:16Z")

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Closed on March 4, 2020, 12:36am UTC