From 0c86b64c0bfadfdc5a2a5bdfb6a0e6dbe5b25bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrislusf <chrislusf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:02:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] FUSE-Mount: why non-root mounts need -allowOthers=false
 (user_allow_other)

---
 FUSE-Mount.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/FUSE-Mount.md b/FUSE-Mount.md
index ba5b6a6..6f11e11 100644
--- a/FUSE-Mount.md
+++ b/FUSE-Mount.md
@@ -639,3 +639,5 @@ Workaround is to use Linux capabilities on weed executable.
 setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin,cap_dac_override+eip /usr/local/bin/weed
 After that you need to use "weed mount" with option allowOthers=false  
 ```
+
+The default `-allowOthers=true` maps to FUSE `allow_other`, which fusermount refuses for non-root users unless `/etc/fuse.conf` contains `user_allow_other` — so either add that line or mount with `-allowOthers=false`.