ssh mount in fstab

**alenis** · May 30th, 2009

After reading several howtos I managed to mount a remote ssh share through a command looking like:

Code:

sshfs -o idmap=user myusername@remote:/ ~/remote

Everything works fine: I can even open documents with Openoffice without any trouble.

Then I tried to add a permanent mount to my fstab adding the line:

Code:

sshfs#myusername@remote:/ /home/myusername/remote fuse defaults,idmap=user 0 0

as explained in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS

but:
- if I try

Code:

mount /home/myusername/remote

the answer is "only root can mount..."

- if I try

Code:

sudo mount /home/myusername/remote

I get "read: Connection reset by peer"

What should I do to get it working?
Thanks

Edit:
Just in case somebody has the same problem, it can be solved by:
a) editing /etc/fuse.conf and uncommenting "user_allow_other";
b) using allow_other in fstab like this: sshfs#alenis@ufficio:<direcotry_to_mount> <mount_point> fuse user,allow_other 0 0

**hotdoog** · March 30th, 2010

Thanks so much for posting that solution! I had the same problem and it worked for me. Someone should update that howto document.

The only difference I had is it would allow me to fstab mount (with the incorrect options given by the howto) but the mount was crazy screwed up - the file permissions were a question marks in ls... Anyway, your edit of the /etc/fuse.conf and different fstab option worked perfect for me.

Thanks so much!

**ArneBab** · April 11th, 2012

Originally Posted by alenis

Code:

sshfs -o idmap=user myusername@remote:/ ~/remote

…

Code:

sshfs#myusername@remote:/ /home/myusername/remote fuse defaults,idmap=user 0 0

…
Just in case somebody has the same problem, it can be solved by:
a) editing /etc/fuse.conf and uncommenting "user_allow_other";
b) using allow_other in fstab like this: sshfs#alenis@ufficio:<direcotry_to_mount> <mount_point> fuse user,allow_other 0 0

This solved my problem, thank you very much for sharing!

Two additional notes:

1. Remember the slash at the end of the folder name on the server, otherwise you get input/output errors.
2. If you access the server via password, remember to add noauto to the options in fstab.