How to resolve "`/root/.gvfs':Permission denied" when running df command from non-root user
When root user is logging in to GNOME, error "`/root/.gvfs':Permission denied" occurs if a normal user runs df. Solution Verified - Updated May 6 2014 at 12:16 AM - English English Environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 GNOME Desktop Environment Issue When root user is logging in to GNOME, the following error occurs if a normal user runs df. $ df -kl Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 24670076 3751464 19665444 17% / tmpfs 1030908 100 1030808 1% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 99150 25491 68539 28% /boot df: `/root/.gvfs': Permission denied Resolution To disable gvfs-fuse-daemon , the GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE environment needs to be set. Create the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/00-gvfs-disable-fuse.sh with the follwing contents: GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE=1 export GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE Log out and log in again. If vncserver is running, restart ...