Unmount the directory which is mounted by sshfs in Mac

Question

I've installed OSXFUSE in my mac and used sshfs to mount a remote directory. Now I would like to unmount it, but can't find the way. My OS is OSX 10.8 Mountain. Can anyone help?

This question belongs to SuperUser, although there's already [ssh - How to avoid sshfs freezing? - Super User](https://superuser.com/questions/443878/how-to-avoid-sshfs-freezing) there — user202729, May 12 '22 at 01:58

score 219 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '13 at 16:25

219

Try this:

umount -f <absolute pathname to the mount point>

Example:

umount -f /Users/plummie/Documents/stanford

If that doesn't work, try the same command as root:

sudo umount -f ...

answered May 21 '13 at 16:25

Timur Mingulov

2,453
1
15
8

4

Using umount -f left me with broken directory giving error: "bash: cd: directory-name: Transport endpoint is not connected" – peterdemin Dec 09 '13 at 10:16
5

Note for future use: the command above works just fine on Mavericks. Also, an absolute path isn't necessary. – b. e. hollenbeck Apr 01 '14 at 12:37
1

Fine on OS X 10.10.2 and homebrew – user2707671 Mar 03 '15 at 15:01
@peterdemin - that link doesn't seem to go to what you think it should. – slm Jul 17 '15 at 06:33
4

Fine on OSX 10.10.4 using `umount -f /Users/me/Documents/there` without sudo – Christiaan Westerbeek Aug 10 '15 at 14:23
2

Works on 10.12.1 Sierra with `umount -f ~/relative-path` – sscirrus Feb 02 '17 at 21:46
Fails on 10.13 with error: `Operation not permitted`. Have to use sudo even for a folder in my homedir. – Mike Lischke Apr 16 '18 at 07:08
For me, it did not work when I used a relative path (cd ~/Desktop; umount -f rambo). It said the path was not currently mounted. It worked with a user relative path (umount -f ~/Desktop/rambo) – Fractaly Sep 29 '18 at 02:21
This was the only command that worked after my /Volumes/mymount mount point went sour, giving the error message "rm: /Volumes/mymount Device not configured" when trying to sudo rm it. – Johan Fredrik Varen Nov 27 '18 at 08:40
`umount -f ` worked on OSX 10.15.5 – JS. Nov 18 '20 at 20:12

palswim · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-10T23:55:21.557

190

Don't use umount.

Use

fusermount -u PATH

edited Oct 10 '19 at 23:55

answered Apr 07 '14 at 19:11

palswim

11,856
6
53
77

9

This answer came from @peterdemin in the comment for [another answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16674890/393280). – palswim Apr 07 '14 at 19:12
53

fusermount is not found on OS10.8 – Meetai.com Jun 24 '14 at 09:47
38

Use `umount`, as the docs say (pointed to by the answer of @opsmason). – 0 _ Apr 10 '15 at 07:41
4

the option works fine under Mac System Version: OS X 10.10.3 even without sudo – ravi.zombie Oct 01 '15 at 20:12
8

Wasn't getting `umount` to work initially because I thought it was `unmount`—there's no `n`! – George WS May 03 '16 at 06:18
4

macOS 10.13.4: None of these options have worked for me. "umount: gave me "Resource busy -- try 'diskutil unmount'", and that cmd gave me: "Unmount failed for ". Edit: BUT umount -f did work! – phpN00b May 08 '18 at 18:49
3

This answer is blatantly wrong, [fusermount **does not exist** in the macOS version of sshfs](https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/FAQ#48-how-should-i-unmount-my-fuse-for-os-x-file-system-i-cannot-find-the-fusermount-program-anywhere) (sshfs FAQ). – Isaiah Norton Oct 05 '18 at 01:42
Works on macOS 10.14.2. – Yoav Vollansky Sep 28 '19 at 11:06
1

`umount -f /path/to/folder` if receiving `Resource busy` with `umount` and `failed` with `diskutil` (Catalina `10.15.2`). – felipe Feb 07 '20 at 06:39
Why? What's wrong with umount. This should not have so many upvotes without a reason! – Octopus Apr 15 '21 at 10:34

MuhsinFatih · Answer 3 · 2022-04-15T23:04:31.647

47

sudo diskutil unmount force PATH

Works every time :)
Notice the force flag

edited Apr 15 '22 at 23:04

answered Aug 29 '17 at 15:55

MuhsinFatih

1,891
2
24
31

1

Indeed it works every time . Key is the force option :-) For instance : I was getting the following error with umount mount_osxfuse: mount point /Users/mount/root is itself on a OSXFUSE volume diskutil – irsis Nov 04 '19 at 00:29
The only thing that actually worked. It's a puzzle to me that `sodo umount -f` didn't work here... I had zombie volumes from `sshfs` – ddofborg Jul 17 '22 at 10:09

score 17 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 09 '16 at 19:53

17

At least in 10.11 (El Capitan), the man page for umount indicates:

Due to the complex and interwoven nature of Mac OS X, umount may fail often. It is recommended that diskutil(1) (as in, "diskutil unmount /mnt") be used instead.

This approach (e.g., "diskutil umount path/to/mount/point") allows me to unmount sshfs-mounted content, and does not require sudo. (And I believe that it should work back through at least 10.8.)

answered Apr 09 '16 at 19:53

Matt Healy

171
1
2

3

A broken pipe would sometimes leave the volume in a very bad state. In these cases, only ```diskutil unmount force /path/to/mountpoint``` would help for me. – cw' Aug 10 '16 at 08:47
1

Incidentally, this only works for me if I use `diskutil umount force ...`. Other methods [here](https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/issues/45) as well. – abalter Nov 07 '16 at 11:58

score 13 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 26 '15 at 21:47

13

use ps aux | grep sshfs to find the PID of sshfs (It will be the number next to the username)

Then kill -9 $PID, if the other solutions don't work

answered Sep 26 '15 at 21:47

hjfitz

399
4
15

Works on OS X 10.11.0, after suspending it and moving to a different network (leaving the mount point with Input/Output errors). umount didn't work, fusermount not installed – RobM Oct 07 '15 at 16:42
This worked for me when I ran into a situation where many appps/processes were beachballing/“stuck“-status-in-top/“U”-status-in-ps. Cheers. – Slipp D. Thompson Aug 16 '17 at 07:32

score 8 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 14 '14 at 19:45

8

The following worked for me:

hdiutil detach <path to sshfs mount>

Example:

hdiutil detach /Users/user1/sshfs

One can also locate the volume created by sshfs in Finder, right-click, and select Eject. Which is, to the best of my knowledge, the GUI version of the above command.

answered Nov 14 '14 at 19:45

casew

81
1
1

This is something that worked for me without a hitch on macOS Sierra. I suspected this would work flawlessly because on Gui I press the eject button this would be the thing that was happening. – retromuz Nov 09 '16 at 19:42
Works perfectly on **macOS Sierra**. – spencer.sm Feb 03 '17 at 23:15
Works for me on High Sierrra when the other approaches didn't, but had to add the "-force" option: e.g "hdiutil detach /Users/user1/sshfs -force" – Chris Apr 13 '18 at 21:28

score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 11 '19 at 09:10

If your problem is that you mounted a network drive with SSHFS, but the ssh connection got cut and you simply cannot remount it because of an error like mount_osxfuse: mount point /Users/your_user/mount_folder is itself on a OSXFUSE volume, the github user theunsa found a solution that works for me. Quoting his answer:

My current workaround is to:

Find the culprit sshfs process:

$ pgrep -lf sshfs

Kill it:

$ kill -9 <pid_of_sshfs_process>

sudo force unmount the "unavailable" directory:

$ sudo umount -f <mounted_dir>

Remount the now "available" directory with sshfs ... and then tomorrow morning go back to step 1.

score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 23 '19 at 04:14

4

Just as reference let me quote the osxfuse FAQ

4.8. How should I unmount my "FUSE for OS X" file system? I cannot find the fusermount program anywhere.

Just use the standard umount command in OS X. You do not need the Linux-specific fusermount with "FUSE for OS X".

As mentioned above, either diskutil unmount or umount should work

answered Apr 23 '19 at 04:14

Christian Butzke

1,080
12
8

Today, homebrew suggests "macFuse" (deciding to stop offering osxfuse) -- using `umount` in my OS X still works with "macFuse" just fine (MacOS 13.4.1) – CrashNeb Aug 17 '23 at 15:29

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 22:29

3

In my case (Mac OS Mojave), the key is to use the full path $umount -f /Volumnes/fullpath/folder

answered Dec 13 '18 at 22:29

lxy

91
3

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered May 27 '14 at 16:20

2

If you have a problems with fusermount command you can kill the process :

ps -ax | grep "sshfs"

answered May 27 '14 at 16:20

user3396875

47
2

1

Or even: killall sshfs – matemaciek Oct 22 '14 at 13:09

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 27 '17 at 21:30

0

Just for reference I found this worked for me.

diskutil unmount /path/to/directory/

When I used the umount command I got an error that recommended this diskutil command.

answered Jul 27 '17 at 21:30

vikingben

1,632
2
24
37

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 08 '19 at 21:12

You can always do this from finder. Simply navigate to the directory above where the mount is and hit the eject icon over the mounted folder, which will have SSHFS in the name (in the finder). A shortcut to open a folder in the finder from the terminal is

open .

which will open up the current directory in a new finder window. Replace "." with your directory of choice.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 24 '20 at 13:55

0

if you want to kill all mounted sshfs connections you can use this. I tried it with ubuntu.

ps -ef | grep "sshfs" | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9

I added it to bash_aliases

answered Aug 24 '20 at 13:55

otto

1,815
7
37
63

Unmount the directory which is mounted by sshfs in Mac

13 Answers13