What is this .gvfs directory?

[Bradley]

On 07/22/2009 09:01 AM, Bradley wrote:
> On 07/22/2009 07:17 AM, davide wrote:
>> Bradley<pursley001<at> comcast.net> writes:
>>
>>> I have my system do regular automated backups and just noticed that the
>>> backups have been failing do to a ".gvfs" directory
>>
>> there is a similar thread quite recent.
>> search into the archives, there is a solution (a dirty hack maybe) 
>> for the
>> backup issue.
> Okay, read the thread but apparently there is no solution to this 
> problem. Has anyone tried permanently "breaking" or disabling fuse so 
> that it doesn't create the directory in the first place?

Final update on this thread for me:

Well, I decided to "break" fuse by making the executables in the /bin 
and /sbin directories unavailable and, guess what? The directory still 
appears but with normal access rights thereby fixing my problem. All 
other system operations seem to be working normally except that I have 
to enter the root password for mounting temporary files systems, which 
is fine since I'm the only one that uses them on my system. This will be 
my workaround that works great!

Bradley