[mount] Transport endpoint is not connected

I get this error from the sshfs command from Fedora 17 linux to debian linux on the Mindstorms EV3 brick over the LAN and through a wireless connection.

Bash command:

el@defiant /mnt $ sshfs [email protected]:/root -p 22 /mnt/ev3
fuse: bad mount point `/mnt/ev3': Transport endpoint is not connected

This is remedied with the following command and trying again:

fusermount -u /mnt/ev3

These additional sshfs options prevent the above error from concurring:

sudo sshfs -d -o allow_other -o reconnect -o ServerAliveInterval=15 [email protected]:/var/lib/redmine/plugins /mnt -p 12345 -C

In order to use allow_other above, you need to uncomment the last line in /etc/fuse.conf:

# Set the maximum number of FUSE mounts allowed to non-root users.
# The default is 1000.
#
#mount_max = 1000

# Allow non-root users to specify the 'allow_other' or 'allow_root'
# mount options.
#
user_allow_other

Source: http://slopjong.de/2013/04/26/sshfs-transport-endpoint-is-not-connected/