---
name: "fusermount"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fuse2"
version: "2.9.9-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fusermount"
---

# fusermount(1)

mount and unmount FUSE filesystems

## NAME

**fusermount** - mount and unmount FUSE filesystems

## SYNOPSIS

**fusermount** \[*OPTIONS*\] *MOUNTPOINT*

## DESCRIPTION

Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is a simple interface for userspace programs to export a virtual filesystem to the Linux kernel. It also aims to provide a secure method for non privileged users to create and mount their own filesystem implementations.

**fusermount** is a program to mount and unmount FUSE filesystems.

## OPTIONS

- \-h

  print help.

- \-V

  print version.

- \-o *OPTION*\[,*OPTION*...\]

  mount options.

- \-u

  unmount.

- \-q

  quiet.

- \-z

  lazy unmount.

## SEE ALSO

[*mount*(8)](/mount/8.md), [*mount.fuse*(8)](/mount.fuse/8.md), [*ulockmgr\_server*(1)](/ulockmgr_server/1.md).

## HOMEPAGE

More information about fusermount and the FUSE project can be found at \<*http://fuse.sourceforge.net/*\>.

## AUTHOR

FUSE was written by Miklos Szeredi \<*miklos@szeredi.hu*\>.

This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann \<*daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net*\>.