User level rclone mounts

Summary

Use a User-level systemd service instead of a System-level mount.

Advantages

• No system pauses
• No boot hangs (for non automount)
• No root permission needed
• Automatic network drop handling

Howto

Global System Configuration

edit /etc/fuse.conf

sudo $EDITOR /etc/fuse.conf

and uncomment user_allow_other

Service configuration

Create a systemd user directory if it does not already exist

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/

Create a systemd user service.

example $EDITOR ~/.config/systemd/user/rclone-google.service

CLOUD.SERVICE = name in rclone MOUNTPOINT the mountpoint

[Unit]
Description=Rclone CLOUD-SERVICE Drive Mount (User Service)
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
# Ensure the paths below match your actual binary location (usually /usr/bin/rclone)
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount CLOUD.SERVICE: /MOUNTPOINT \
    --config=%h/.config/rclone/rclone.conf \
    --vfs-cache-mode full \
    --vfs-cache-max-size 10G \
    --vfs-cache-max-age 24h \
    --dir-cache-time 1000h \
    --attr-timeout 1000h \
    --vfs-read-ahead 256M \
    --poll-interval 15s \
    --cache-dir %h/.cache/rclone \
    --allow-other

# Cleanly unmount on stop
ExecStop=/usr/bin/fusermount -u /MOUNTPOINT
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Start/enable the service

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now rclone-google.service