[GH-ISSUE #858] Strange query to 'HEAD /autorun.inf' #499

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opened 2026-03-04 01:46:09 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

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Originally created by @KES777 on GitHub (Nov 15, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/858

Why s3fs request this file? how to disable this?

Originally created by @KES777 on GitHub (Nov 15, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/858 Why `s3fs` request this file? how to disable this?

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@sqlbot commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2018):

Speculation: are you by chance combining s3fs and samba and then mounting the exported samba share on a windows machine?

@sqlbot commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2018): Speculation: are you by chance combining s3fs and samba and then mounting the exported samba share on a windows machine?

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@KES777 commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2018):

No, I have not any special configuration of samba.

I am on Linux Mint 18.3 host. Just install s3fs

@KES777 commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2018): No, I have not any special configuration of samba. I am on Linux Mint 18.3 host. Just install s3fs

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@sqlbot commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2018):

Your computer seems to be treating the s3fs mount as a removable disk and trying to decide what to do when it is "inserted."

So, next guess is that there is a setting that you might need to change, to disable this -- or at least prove/disprove the theory... https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/136887/24251 mentions changing such settings in a prior version of Mint. This is a bit of a surprise since autorun.inf is typically used by Windows, but it seems a likely explanation that your OS's desktop GUI is looking for this file, trying to be "helpful."

@sqlbot commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2018): Your computer seems to be treating the s3fs mount as a removable disk and trying to decide what to do when it is "inserted." So, next guess is that there is a setting that you might need to change, to disable this -- or at least prove/disprove the theory... https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/136887/24251 mentions changing such settings in a prior version of Mint. This is a bit of a surprise since `autorun.inf` is typically used by Windows, but it seems a likely explanation that your OS's desktop GUI is looking for this file, trying to be "helpful."

kerem commented

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@KES777 commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2018):

You are right. Under System settings -> Preffered applications there section: Select an appliation for software CDs. There was Autorun prompt. I change it to Do nothing.

@KES777 commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2018): You are right. Under `System settings -> Preffered applications` there section: `Select an appliation for software CDs`. There was `Autorun prompt`. I change it to `Do nothing`.

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@KES777 commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2018):

Thank you.

@KES777 commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2018): Thank you.