sshfs is a FUSE filesystem for Linux which allows directories on remote machines accessible via SSH to be mounted locally.
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autofs can't mount a remote dir with sshfs on the host with deprecated key algorithm
Here is my configuration:
/etc/auto.master
/mnt/10 /etc/auto.10 uid=0,gid=0,--ghost
/etc/auto.10
root -fstype=fuse,allow_other,follow_symlinks,ssh_command=/etc/ssh/sshpass.10.sh :sshfs\#root@10.28.0.10\:/root
Because the remote device is…

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Preserve (local) ownerships and permissions with sshfs
If I mount a sshfs point as root and use the option allow_other, then on the original server (SERVERA) the files are owned by the SSH user, and on the destination server (SERVERB) they are accessible (writable) by everyone.
Is it possible instead to…

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keep writing to file after network filesystem disconnects
I'm trying to transfer a huge growing logfile in a way that will survive network partitions between the client and server. If the network connection is lost, I cannot afford to retransmit the entire file because of gross network utilization…

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Wrong owner/group with SSHFS
I mounted a remote with SSHFS and everything works as expected, except the owner/group information. No matter what file's owner/group I check, it's always root:root.
I'm mounting the remote like this (in my…

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www-data access sshfs mount point
I have an Apache2 on a Debian Linux. I mount a sshfs to the directory /mnt/mountpoint/ (it is mounted on boot time via /etc/fstab). It is accessed with a softlink from /var/www/mountpoint.
When I access the directory with a browser I get a 403.
As…

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sshfs problem when losing connection
I've a problem when I lost the wireless network connection after mounting a remote folder with sshfs on Linux. When I lost the connection the shell become frozen, if I open another shell and I try to access to the mounting point also this new shell…

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Problem with pam_mount sshfs and home folders as mount points
I am trying to use pam_mount to mount each users home folder over sshfs when each user logs in. The problem I have gotten stuck on is that when pam_mount calls mount.fuse and mount.fuse uses ssh to mount the sshfs folder it creates the "~/.ssh".…

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ProxMox VPS modprobe fuse not working
I'm needing to mount a directory using sshfs, but for that to work I need fuse.
When I run modprobe fuse i'm getting this:
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.32-4-pve/modules.dep: No such file or directory
After some research apparently its…

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ssh asks for password despite ssh-copy-id
I've been using public key authentication on a remote server for some time now for remote shell use as well as for sshfs mounts. After forcing a umount of my sshfs directory, I noticed that ssh began to prompt me for a password. I tried purging…

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How could one speed up SSHFS in LAN?
I am using SSHFS to transfer files under Linux between my notebook and my desktop machine. It's easier then NFS because one doesn't have to configure mount points and permissions a priori.
Now, using SSHFS is slower than I would expect from a…

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Redhat | Fuse | SSH file system
I did manage setup and configure fuse and [sshfs][2] on my Redhat EL 5.4. But when I hit the sshfs it's out put an error
sshfs: error while loading shared libraries: libfuse.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
couldn't…

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SSHFS Server for Windows?
Is there a sshfs SERVER for MS-WINDOWS ?
I have a working sshfs client (dokan Win64), but I can't share a windows drive over internet.

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Docker: 'failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied' as non root user
What I want to achieve is to prepare Docker image in which every non-root user can make SSHF mount. MWE below:
Dockerfile:
FROM rocker/rstudio:4.0.3
USER root
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev sshfs
RUN mkdir -p /mnt/vol
## also…

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Trying to use sshfs to mount directory from a puppet exec
Ununtu 16.04 and 18.04 (same problem on both)
I am trying to use sshfs to mount a directory on another system, it works fine from the command line but when I execute the same command from a puppet "exec" it appears to succeed but the mount point is…

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Does SSHFS support ssh-agent forwarding?
I'd like to be able to mount my backup server on-demand by using my keys on my client terminal only as I don't leave my SSH keys on servers I manage.
Does SSHFS support ssh-gent forwarding and how?
Didn't find answers to that in the…

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