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UID/GID with sshfs of Linux FUSE

mkdir ~/mnt/2letter echo PASSWORD | sshfs -o password_stdin www-data@localhost:/var/www/sites/2letter ~/mnt/2letter -o sshfs_sync,cache=no,password_stdin After this: $ ls -ld ~/mnt/2letter/ ...
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SSHFS specify key

I've got a question that I've not been able to find an answer for. I have two computers, both of which run Ubuntu Linux 12.04. I have set up my first computer ("home") to be able to SSH into my second ...
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As what user is an sshfs mounted folder being accessed?

I'm trying to do a network backup of a drive. There are two machines in this process. PC1: Distant machine with 2 hards sda and sdb sdb is the drive which needs backing up two users exist, root and ...
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sshfs mount, sudo gets permission denied

I am using sshfs to mount a folder with some python projects over ssh to my ~/ directory. $ mkdir -p ~/mount/myprojects $ sshfs user@myserver:/home/user/myprojects ~/mount/myprojects I can perform ...
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Directory sync across SSHFS involving symlinks

I have 2 Ubuntu Linux boxes with similar directory structures, LX02 and LX04. When I ssh from a terminal on LX02 to LX04 and go to my main scripting directory, /root/sbin, I see a different set of ...
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How to automatically mount remote directories on login / startup

Everytime I boot, I use sshfs to mount remote directories. I am thinking to put these short commands in my .bashrc, but that does not seem to be The Right Way™. What is the proper way to run sshfs on ...
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Do not halt the boot if an fstab mounting fails

I have this line in my fstab: sshfs#ecarroll@o99:/opt/dealermade/ftp/inc /opt/dealermade/ftp/inc fuse defaults,idmap=user,users 0 0 For whatever reason it didn't work -- that's fine. How do I make ...
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autofs with sshfs not working anymore

I just upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10. Before that I backed up my autofs config which worked fine. I appended the line from my old /etc/auto.master to the new one: +dir:/etc/auto.master.d ...
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Is mkdir atomic over sshfs?

I am using mkdir as a locking mechanism, and to my knowledge mkdir is atomic, but it is not atomic over nfs. So my question is simple, is mkdir atomic over sshfs?
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Can I make a symlink point to different locations on different machines?

Before you say "no", a workaround would also be fine. Here is the situation: I have two machines local and compile, both including the same ~ over nfs from a third machine files. I would like to have ...
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creating a device image for a network location

I have a dedicated ubuntu server with hetzner.de. hetzner also provides a seperate backup space accessible via samba/ftp/sftp/scp. In their support document about backups, the following line is ...
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Using ACL's over read only/remote filesystem

I would like to define local ACL's to be used over a remotely mounted filesystem. The filesystem is mounted via autofs and sshfs FUSE. The idea is that we could setup a jailed user on a jump server ...
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Unable to use -o allow_other with sshfs (option enabled in fuse.conf)

I have the following on my /etc/fuse.conf file: # Set the maximum number of FUSE mounts allowed to non-root users. # The default is 1000. ...
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ls behaves differently under strace

I don't know how to debug this situation: 1) I try to execute: ls /home/user 2) ls blocks and does not print anything. I assume it is because /home/user contains /home/user/sshfs_files, which is ...
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Problem with pam_mount and sshfs

I'm trying to configure automounting of users home directories using pam_mount and sshfs (users are LDAP users on remote machine). I configured pam_mount: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ...
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Help me to replace sshfs with ssh?

I love to do just this: $ sshfs mountPoint myServer $ cp thisFile mountPoint I am now using LiveCD and I do not have sshfs utility available and I need run $ sudo dd /dev/sdb2 > mountPoint, how ...
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how to set the sftp -s subsystem option in a configuration file

The sftp command supports a subsystem option (-s) which allows the remote user to select the remote sftp-server executable, and optionally upgrade to sudo in the process like so; sftp -s ...
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sshfs always asking for password in fstab?

I'm trying to enter an sshfs mount in /etc/fstab with the following line: sshfs#oli@192.168.0.2:/media/usb0 /media/ExtHD fuse defaults,nonempty,allow_other 0 0 So that this volume is mounted at ...
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Mounting Remote Filesystem over SSH as a Different User

Due to a breach of security, the administrators of the work server have implemented a new method of security. To log into the server, we must log in as our own user (which has severely limited ...
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Can't mount remote file system with sshfs [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to apply changes of newly added user groups without needing to reboot? I have posted this question in linux mint users forum about some hours ago. I'm trying to ...
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Unable to do paswordless ssh even after following standard procedure

I have two systems named Interface(10.1.1.87) and Client-Interface(10.1.1.91). I want to automatically mount an sshfs share from Client-Interface on Interface on boot. I am using the command: sshfs ...
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Looking for information on the FISH protocol

What I have found about fish:// (the kio protocol) is old and often incomplete. Is there anything that's new? Like a primer? Or is this something to put on the KDE todo list?
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What is a better way to deal with server disconnects of sshfs mounts?

I have several directories mounted through sshfs. I sometimes get disconnects from the server (not configurable by me). I usually mount the directories like this sshfs ...
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Groups ssh user is apart of don't apply on SSHFS

I am connecting to a remote server over SSH but am running into a permissions issue. My remote account is thelq and primarily part of the group thelq. I'm also part of the generic group users. ...
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Permissions issues with mounting remote server into a specific folder

I'm doing the following to mount a remote server to a specific path on my server: sshfs user@remoteserver.com:/backup/folder/ /home/myuser/server-backups/ However when I mount the server the folder ...