# FUSE mount points still exists without any AppImage running

**URL:** <https://discourse.appimage.org/t/fuse-mount-points-still-exists-without-any-appimage-running/2474>\
**Category:** Using AppImages\
**Created:** [September 4, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/fuse-mount-points-still-exists-without-any-appimage-running/2474 "2021-09-04T09:55:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/automagic)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/fuse-mount-points-still-exists-without-any-appimage-running/2474/1 "2021-09-04T09:55:48Z")

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Hi  
Thanks for `appimaged`.  
I recently upgraded to latest `appimaged` .  
It was working fine for a week and then I started getting FUSE notifications that app can’t be mounted.

After some search on forums, I found out that I have exceeded the max number of fuse mounts allowed in config which is 1000.

So I manually unmounted all of those.

Today I went to check the mounts in `/tmp` and found these even though no AppImage is running.

```auto
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .mount_appima8jkqZd
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .mount_appimaAvVQco
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .mount_appimaBUnVP4
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .mount_appimaDEKSKT
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .mount_appimaesHBoS
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .mount_appimaFTViJB
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 0 Apr 28 07:24 .mount_appimagdUt5M
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 0 Apr 28 07:24 .mount_appimaO9GCYI
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 0 Apr 28 07:24 .mount_appimapjW797
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 0 Apr 28 07:24 .mount_appimavtMbFM
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Aug 16 19:28 .mount_draw.iPiKXB4
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Aug 17 16:24 .mount_joplinurShB9
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 17 2021 .mount_pencilE7CTu8

```

What is with `?` and why some are root. service is runnig at user level.

Shouldn’t these be mounted by my username?

I tried to unmount and obviously it failed because they were not mounted by my user.

I followed the guide at [github](https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/blob/master/src/appimaged/README.md)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![probono](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/probono/32/81_2.png) [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/fuse-mount-points-still-exists-without-any-appimage-running/2474/2 "2021-10-01T20:27:01Z")

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Seems like you are running into a bug.  
Can you please retry with one of the supported Live systems (e.g., the Ubuntu bionic Live ISO) and see if the issue can be reproduced there?

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**Author:** ![kincerb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/kincerb/32/730_2.png) [@kincerb](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/kincerb)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/fuse-mount-points-still-exists-without-any-appimage-running/2474/3 "2022-06-24T17:36:46Z")

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I know this is an old thread, but I have been running into similar behavior. My systems are RHEL 7 where we have created a python AppImage to provide a newer environment for our infrastructure devs.

I’m trying to figure out if it’s snmpd or some other similar service that walks mounts periodically. The other potential culprit I’ve seen is systemd-tmpfiles.

I’d be curious if you found anything on this. I’m still digging into it, and we’re holding off a full roll-out until we’re sure this will not present an issue.

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**Author:** ![probono](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/probono/32/81_2.png) [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/fuse-mount-points-still-exists-without-any-appimage-running/2474/4 "2022-09-23T17:16:45Z")

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Hello @kincerb, can you reproduce the issue when running on a Ubuntu bionic Live ISO?