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 -

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

Root Cause

  • On GNOME desktop environment, a hidden directory ~/.gvfs exists under home directory, gvfs-fuse-daemon mounts special filesystem to ~/.gvfs using FUSE system.
# mount
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /root/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev)
  • An error occurs because a normal user cannot access other user's directories.

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