HOWTO fix error /tmp/.mount_identi* : Transport endpoint is not connected

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HOWTO fix error /tmp/.mount_identi* : Transport endpoint is not connected

Post#1 by Rava » 16 Dec 2022, 22:45

thunar could no longer access the /tmp folder:
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root@porteus:/tmp# ls -o /tmp/
/bin/ls: cannot access '/tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB': Permission denied
[… other entries of no relevance to the topic …]
d?????????  ? ?           ?                ? .mount_identi4fV4cB
[…]
root@porteus:/tmp# stat .mount_identi4fV4cB 
stat: cannot statx '.mount_identi4fV4cB': Permission denied
I found the fix here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/249 ... d#25986155
fusermount -uz /data
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The -z forces the unmount, which solved the need to reboot for me. You may need to do this as sudo depending on your setup.
I used my root terminal from the get-go and a simple

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root@porteus:/# fusermount -uz /tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB
fixed the issue. The offending folder was no more an issue:

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root@porteus:/# ls -ld /tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB
drwx------ 2 guest users 40 2022-12-16 06:02 /tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB
and could now be deleted:

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root@porteus:/# rmdir /tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB
root@porteus:/# ls -ld /tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB
/bin/ls: cannot access '/tmp/.mount_identi4fV4cB': No such file or directory
Since now it was revealed the folder was owed by user guest group users I presume doing the fusermount -uz and the rmdir would have worked as guest.
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Cheers!
Yours Rava

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HOWTO fix error /tmp/.mount_identi* : Transport endpoint is not connected

Post#2 by Rava » 27 Oct 2023, 18:35

And it happened again, this time Porteus 5.01.
Also XFCE, but not with Thunar since I mostly switched to nemo ( nemo_5.2.3_filemanager_bundle.xzm )
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I forgot to look up this thread prior the

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root@rava:/# fusermount -uz /tmp/.mount_identiIhCPuG
root@rava:/# 
or I would have tested if guest can also do the fusermount -uz /tmp/.mount*
Cheers!
Yours Rava

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