Cannot mount via /etc/fstab but command line s3fs works

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Compiled and install s3fs ok and command line usage works, but mounting through 
/etc/fstab does not work.  "mount" give an error such as this:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
s3fs#mybucket,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
       need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dmoore4...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2010 at 5:03

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This appears to happen when the development headers and libraries for fuse are 
installed (debian package libfuse-dev), but the fuse binary programs (e.g. 
fusermount, mount.fuse) are not installed (debian package fuse-utils)

This issue isn't likely to happen on a non-debian/ubuntu system since 
presumable fuse was compiled and installed fully from its source code.

The fix on debian/ubuntu-type system is to ensure that the package fuse-utils 
is installed.

Original comment by dmoore4...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2010 at 5:12

• Changed state: Fixed