Fusermount fails to mount due to permission denied error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The fusermount command fails to mount the fuse filesystem with the following error
# fusermount -u /mnt   
fusermount: mount failed: Operation not permitted

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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