well, i have sshfs/fuse running in an ubuntu karmic guest without /sys mounted and without udev running, don't see why this shouldn't work in lenny either. I think it's udev that fails because /sys isn't there. And fuse fails because udev failed. What would udev be good for in a guest anyway? Disable it's startup scripts, just let them return 0 for a restart/reload and you should be fine. Tom Am Freitag, den 15.01.2010, 10:44 -0500 schrieb John A. Sullivan III: > Assuming this is the correct approach, would this be done via a mount > bind? I would assume all guests must look at the same and consistent > sysfs. Is that true? Or do we just need any old sysfs to simply make > FUSE happy? Thanks - John > > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 16:24 +0100, Rik Bobbaers wrote: > > this is where the ones that design vserver have to step in... i don't know > > why/why not... > > > > > > Rik Bobbaers > > > > -- http://harry.enzoverder.be > > linux/unix/system/network/security/hardware/DR admin > > "If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and there's no woman to hear it ... > > is he still wrong?" > > > > > It looks like that is the underlying problem but is it safe to do that? > > > I, perhaps foolishly, assumed there was a good reason vserver did not do > > > that by default. Thanks - John > > > > > > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 11:34 +0100, Rik Bobbaers wrote: > > >> maybe a stupid suggestion, but... is sysfs mounted in your guest? > > >> if not, what if you'd mount it at start? > > >> > > >> greetings, > > >> > > >> Rik Bobbaers > > >> > > >> -- http://harry.enzoverder.be > > >> linux/unix/system/network/security/hardware/DR admin > > >> "If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and there's no woman to hear it > > >> ... > > >> is he still wrong?" > > >> > > >> > Hello, all. We are trying to install a Debian Lenny vserver on a > > >> CentOS > > >> > 5.4 host running a custom kernel - 2.6.28.7-vs2.3.0.36.7. We are > > >> trying > > >> > to install fuse-utils and sshfs for use wit X2Go (a great project for > > >> > those unfamiliar with it - www.x2go.org). We keep getting: > > >> > > > >> > Setting up fuse-utils (2.7.4-1.1) ... > > >> > creating fuse group... > > >> > udev active, skipping device node creation. > > >> > udev requires a mounted sysfs, not started. failed! > > >> > failed! > > >> > invoke-rc.d: initscript udev, action "reload" failed. > > >> > dpkg: error processing fuse-utils (--configure): > > >> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > >> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sshfs: > > >> > sshfs depends on fuse-utils (>= 2.7); however: > > >> > Package fuse-utils is not configured yet. > > >> > dpkg: error processing sshfs (--configure): > > >> > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > >> > Errors were encountered while processing: > > >> > fuse-utils > > >> > sshfs > > >> > > > >> > In the past, we simply created the fuse device manually and added > > >> > SECURE_MOUNT > > >> > SECURE_REMOUNT > > >> > BINARY_MOUNT > > >> > to ccapabilities > > >> > > > >> > Short of giving SYS_ADMIN and running udev, how do we get this to > > >> work? > > >> > Thanks - John > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >