fuse: bad mount point - Transport endpoint is not connected

I mount various directories over ssh for convenience. Occasionally the connection gets interrupted and this leads to errors like: fuse: bad mount point /mnt/foo: Transport endpoint is not connected

It took me a little time to find out how to fix this problem:

  1. kill the sshfs process(es)
  2. umount -l /mnt/foo (as root)
  3. mount the sshfs again

I suppose this happens with other networked filesystems as well, or at least with other fuse filesystems.

If your connection drops only temporarily using the reconnect option should fix this problem as well.

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    I've had this come up a lot with my fuse ftp fs. THANKS!!! Fixed. You rock!

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    This was helpful until I had enough of doing it every hour or so, so I added -o reconnect -C -o workaround=all and let sshfs figure it out for itself.
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    beautiful answer, it solved my problem in no time, couldn't figure it out either...
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    thanks, big help.
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    Wow, been searching for a while. Nice one.
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    Thanks you!!! This was a HUGE help!
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    Thanks, that worked for me
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    Wasted only 20 minutes thank to this small piece of code. Thanks !!!
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    Thats an Awesome Tip !! thanks a lot man
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    helped, thanks!
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    Thank you so much. Your suggestion is incredibly helpful.
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    Thank you brother! Worked well!
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    Thanks! Works very well
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    Thank you
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    Works perfectly!!!
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    Thanx! It worked for me!
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    Thanks a stack. You sure saved my bacon after a failed upgrade.
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    Thanks so much!
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    Thanks
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    Hello So, i'm a neophite in the field. how do i mout the sshfs again ? Tahnks
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    Install sshfs and see man sshfs, it has examples.

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