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The line in my /etc/fstab file is as follows:

sshfs#user@address:/media /Users/acc/Desktop/CODAAMOK     fuse    port=??,reconnect,allow_other,volname=SERVER 0 0

The error I'm receiving is as follows:

mount: exec /System/Library/Filesystems/fuse.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_fuse for /Users/acc/Desktop/CODAAMOK: No such file or directory

The destination directory is indeed valid:

CODAAMOKmac:~ acc$ ls /Users/acc/Desktop/
CODAAMOK

I'm new to OS X so to my understanding, this doesn't work the way it usually does in the likes of, say, Ubuntu or the like. I'm inclined to believe my issue is the use of fuse although I'm not entirely sure. Whilst OSXFUSE version 2.6.4 is installed, I can't seem to use it in command line when using the term fuse. Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Edit turns out fuse.fs is not present in /System/Library/Filesystems/, despite having installed OSXFUSE twice now.

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  • For other people encountering the same problem, there is a bug in OSXFuse that prevents automounts (fstab on osx is done with automount). It can be worked around fairly easily with a sysctl call. With that I was able to automount sshfs using an autofs direct map. superuser.com/a/832916/129020
    – Adam
    Nov 5, 2014 at 1:01

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I believe that the reason you are seeing this error is because you are trying to mount user@address:/media to a non-existant directory (/Users/acc/Desktop/CODAAMOK) on in your Desktop directory. This is only an assumption since you don't explicitly reveal the contents of your ~/Desktop/ directory.

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  • Sadly /Users/acc/Desktop/CODAAMOK is an existent directory. I will update my question to demonstrate this.
    – codaamok
    May 23, 2014 at 11:04
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From the fuse FAQ :

Why doesn't mounting as user work if installing FUSE from a package?

Distributions often package 'fusermount' without the suid bit, or only executable to the 'fuse' group.

This results in the following message, when trying to mount a filesystem as an unprivileged user:

fusermount: mount failed: Operation not permitted

The simplest solution is to change the mode of 'fusermount':

chmod 4755 /usr/bin/fusermount

Note, you may have to do this after each upgrade.

I suggest reading through the entire Problems section of this FAQ and to verify all the mentioned points.

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I found a solution, see Macfusion. It it is also beneifical to read OSXFUSE's FAQ for their justification for making Macfusion a requirement for SSHFS user space filesystems.

http://macfusionapp.org/

Edit: But in the end, I've ended up using ExpanDrive.

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