# Can I use NFS or SSHFS network disk for Subspace farming?

**URL:** <https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/can-i-use-nfs-or-sshfs-network-disk-for-subspace-farming/2967>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** gemini, cli, error, farmer\
**Created:** [March 14, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/can-i-use-nfs-or-sshfs-network-disk-for-subspace-farming/2967 "2024-03-14T09:33:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quanjun\_Yu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/quanjun_yu/32/2089_2.png) [@Quanjun\_Yu](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/Quanjun_Yu)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/can-i-use-nfs-or-sshfs-network-disk-for-subspace-farming/2967/1 "2024-03-14T09:33:49Z")

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## Issue Report

After mounting the NFS or SSHFS, launch the subspace farmer. But failed to start. If i use local disk everything is fine.

### Environment

- **Operating System:**  
Ubuntu 22.04 x64
- **Pulsar/Advanced CLI/Docker:**  
Run Subspace farmer directly.

### Problem

After mounting the NFS shared folder, launch the subspace farmer to use that folder. But failed to start. If i use local disk everything is fine. SSHFS also cannot farming, block at libp2p\_swarm step.

[Paste any errors or relevant logs here]  
sudo ./subspace-farmer-ubuntu-x86\_64-skylake-gemini-3h-2024-mar-11 farm --node-rpc-url ws://192.168.0.11:9944 --listen-on /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30533 --listen-on /ip6/::/tcp/30533 --listen-on /ip4/0.0.0.0/udp/30533/quic-v1 --listen-on /ip6/::/udp/30533/quic-v1 --in-connections 300 --out-connections 100 --pending-in-connections 100 --pending-out-connections 100 --allow-private-ips --reward-address stXXX path=/data/node,size=2GiB  
2024-03-14T09:28:41.899678Z INFO subspace\_farmer::commands::farm: Connecting to node RPC url=ws://192.168.0.11:9944  
Error: Failed to open or create identity: Identity I/O error: Permission denied (os error 13)

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**Author:** ![nazar-pc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/nazar-pc/32/6_2.png) [@nazar-pc](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/nazar-pc)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/can-i-use-nfs-or-sshfs-network-disk-for-subspace-farming/2967/2 "2024-03-14T09:44:21Z")

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Looks like you have issue with Linux permissions, you need to make sure location is writable for the user. I know some users tried to use NFS, but I wouldn’t bet on SSHFS working well.