Automating sshfs not working

Question

I want to mount a remote directory and I want to automate this. So I write below script which not working properly.

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn sshfs [email protected]:/home/user /mnt/remote
expect "assword:"
send "myPassword\r"

When I run the above script and if check ls /mnt/remote, it is giving below error:

ls: cannot access /mnt/remote: Transport endpoint is not connected

I used sshpass but not working:

sshpass -p myPassword sshfs [email protected]:/home/user /mnt/remote

Shell blocked and getting the same error.

Note: If I run sshpass -p vedams123 sshfs [email protected]:/home/user /mnt/remote, working withour any problem.

Same here, sshfs command on command prompt works, the same one in a bash script doesn't. If you add -f at the end of sshfs command then it works in script but stops the script from further execution. — zzart, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:10
@zzart passwordless login (keyfiles) would work and skip the trouble of having a clear text password in a script file. — FelixJN, Feb 19, 2016 at 23:14

Tyrone Wilson · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-10 12:09:37Z

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This happens when there is a stale session in your intended target directory. You can clear the session with

fusermount -u /mnt/remote

where /mnt/remote is whichever your local mount file path is set to.

answered May 10, 2017 at 12:09

Tyrone Wilson

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