SSHFS on startup CentOS 6.3

Question

I edited the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local and added the following lines in order to mount a remote directory through sshfs at boot time:

su user -c "/usr/bin/sshfs -o idmap=user -o reconnect -o allow_other -o uid=500 -o gid=500  user@remote:/home/shares/allusers /home/user/mnt"

The problem is that is not mounting the directory on startup but when I execute this command manually after logging in everything works as expected an the directory is mounted.

Any suggestions?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '12 at 10:21

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Try adding

sshfs#user@remote:/home/shares/allusers /home/user/mnt" fuse defaults,idmap=user

to /etc/fstab

test it with mount -a if ok, reboot

answered Oct 03 '12 at 10:21

radoslawc

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I tried this but it is not working while rebooting because during that time I suppose the machine is not connected to the Internet. – glarkou Oct 03 '12 at 15:56
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Oh, righ. How about adding mount -a in rc.local? – radoslawc Oct 05 '12 at 13:01
hm.. I will try that. – glarkou Oct 06 '12 at 16:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '12 at 09:09

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rc.local will be executing as root so you'll need to make sure root has an SSH key that will work with the specified user at the remote host, or specify the key to use with -o IdentityFile=/home/user/.ssh/my_key*.

*Couldn't test this as it looks like my version of sshfs is too old to have the option.

answered Oct 03 '12 at 09:09

James Yale

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Hm... I think you are right. I will try this. – glarkou Oct 03 '12 at 15:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 26 '16 at 09:44

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Instead of adding mount -a to rc.local as suggested by previous answers one can simply add delay_connect as a fstab option.

(This could have been a comment, but my rep count is too low)

answered Aug 26 '16 at 09:44

ucyo

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SSHFS on startup CentOS 6.3

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