Bad Mount Point Input/Output Error
Looking for a better way to manage your org's technical proposals?
If you are using SSHFS/FUSE, and get an error similar to the following:
$ sshfs USER@SERVER -oauto_cache,reconnect,volname=VOLUME
fuse: bad mount point `~/VOLUME': Input/output error
Chances are you've broken something between your client and the server (like I did!). To fix this, you can change the command you use for connecting to the remote server. Add the workaround=all connection option.
sshfs USER@SERVER -oauto_cache,reconnect,volname=VOLUME,workaround=all
Thomas Hunter II is a Software Engineer with 18+ years building scalable, production-grade systems. Deep expertise in Node.js, observability, and developer tooling, with a strong track record of driving architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and improving customer facing technical documentation. Author of 5 books (including O'Reilly), certified by the OpenJS Foundation, and frequent international conference speaker.
