[Bug 376227] Re: sshfs mounts remote folder to mountpoint AND as a drive on the desktop

Tue Sep 22 14:49:45 UTC 2009

Isn't this the expected behaviour?

If I understand this correctly mounted drives are shown on desktop, regardless of where the actual mountpoint resides. If you try mounting it under /media/somedrive it'll still show up on the desktop. This is much the same way that USB-keys will show an icon on your desktop even though it most likely automounts under /media/disk or something similar.
You can think of the mount icon that pops up on your desktop as a link. The directory you created on your desktop is still a directory if you don't have anything mounted to it.

If you don't want mounted devices shown on desktop, you can change that
in gconf-editor: apps > nautilus > desktop: uncheck "volumes_visible"

I would never have thought to mount drives under /home/[user]/Desktop
myself, because it seems much cleaner when all mounted drives (except
root) are mounted under /media/[somedrive]

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sshfs mounts remote folder to mountpoint AND as a drive on the desktop
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