SSHFS AUTOmount on Feisty

[conchyliferous]

I had problems with non-root unmounting.

Fixed it by adding "fsname=sshfs#<user>@<host>:<path>" to the fstab options (kept all other options).

sshfs#<user>@<host>:<path> <local path> fuse comment=sshfs,noauto,users,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,allow_other,reconnect,transform_symlinks,BatchMode=yes,fsname=sshfs#<user>@<host>:<path> 0 0

Read this for more information:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...se/+bug/243298

Regards,
Ola

[shuthichi]

Hi there,

i have Problems with the automount.

My System is Ubuntu 8.10 and I want to connect to a Terastation with running OpenSSH.
On my old system (Ubuntu 8.04) this script already has worked!! But not with my 8.10...

I have setup public key authentification, so i can connect to my terastation via

ssh root@192.168.178.25

without password.


My fstab looks like this

sshfs#root@192.168.178.25:/mnt/array1/data /home/niko/mnt/terastation fuse fsname=sshfs#root@192.168.178.25:/mnt/array1/data,comment=sshfs,noauto,users,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,allow_other,reconnect,transform_symlinks,BatchMode=yes 0 0

If i run the /etc/network/if-up.d/mountsshfs with my user, the mount is working well!

niko@nik-thinkpad:/etc/network/if-up.d$ ./mountsshfs
/home/niko/mnt/terastation mounted as current user (niko)
niko@nik-thinkpad:/etc/network/if-up.d$

But when i run this script as sudo i get a: connection reset by pear

niko@nik-thinkpad:/etc/network/if-up.d$ sudo ./mountsshfs
read: Connection reset by peer
/home/niko/mnt/terastation failed to mount as #1000
niko@nik-thinkpad:/etc/network/if-up.d$

So the automount on system start doesnt's work for me.

The files mountsshfs and unmountsshfs are chown to root:root with chmod 755.

Whats going wrong?

//Edit: Ok, found the Problem: I have setup a phasphrase for my rsa_key. Without the a phasphrase it works.

[shavedmonkey]

These scripts work flawlessly out of the box for me between two Intrepid machines. More importantly, you documented every single step, command, and edit clearly instead of providing the usual "just copy and paste this, it'll work" type of post that plagues Linux forums. Thank you so much.

[SeanOB]

Thanks!
Much better than nfs for video streaming on my boxes!

[jpseixas]

Including de sshfs mount in my fstab does not work for me. The system tries to mount before the network is available, causing the automount to fail.

I made a very simple script to work around that:

#!/bin/bash

SERVER="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"

until ping $SERVER -W 5 -c 1 -q; do continue; done

sshfs $SERVER:[server path] [local path]

exit 0

I made this script run at startup. This way, I get the ssfs share automount as soon the server is up. This is particular useful when the client machine starts up before server.

It simply pings the server every 5 seconds, and when it's available, it mounts the sshfs share.

[Darwin Award Winner]

That should not be necessary. You simply need to use the noauto mount option. As the title implies, my guide already shows a way to automatically mount your sshfs mounts when the network comes up. You simply need to use the /etc/network/if-up.d/ directory. Any scripts in that directory will only be executed after the network is up.

[hedgefighter]

In Kubuntu Jaunty, I was actually getting Permission denied errors from fuse even after uncommenting user_allow_other in fuse.conf. The problem seems to be this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...se/+bug/123501

The solution is to add yourself to the fuse group:

sudo adduser <youruser> fuse

Then logout and log back in for the group change to take effect.

[jbernardo]

Thanks a lot! This solved quite a few problems for me.

[Temposs]

This is an excellent tutorial, and I've implemented it successfully on two machines. My wife loves seemless access to her stuff on our home server.

Two points of update:
1) The link for passwordless SSH login is broken as of this post.

2) Running Jaunty, I seem to be able to unmount sshfs from a non-root user using the original fstab entry. So the perl fix at the end should be specified for 8.04 and 8.10.

[TuxCrafter]

I made a support package that integrates sshfs better with the ifup and ifdown network systems, it works with all network managers like gnome-network-manager or the /ect/network/interfaces systems.

I hope you like it, there is also a private repository and a mailinglist see the readme in the root of the svn repoisory, join and help out if you like.

package is also in debian mentors waiting for a sponser:
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/poo...sshfs-storage/

https://secure.powercraft.nl/svn/pac....1.0-1_all.deb

Source: pct-sshfs-storage
Section: misc
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong at powercraft dot nl>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
Standards-Version: 3.8.1
Homepage: https://secure.powercraft.nl/svn/packages/trunk/source/pct-sshfs-storage/

Package: pct-sshfs-storage
Architecture: all
Depends: sudo, sshfs, ifupdown
Description: intergrate sshfs fstab (u)mount with ifup and ifdown systems
 This package contains scripts and a configuration system to easily
 intergrate your sshfs remote storage system with the standard ifup and
 ifdown systems. This will make it possible to disconnect and reconnect
 to diffrent networks without freezing your sshfs mounts.
 .
 Features:
  - uses the sshfs entry in /etc/fstab
  - supports multiple users, servers, and mount locations
  - connect and disconnect sshfs mounts when network goes up/down
  - possiblility to automatic make smart symbolic links
  - prechecks on mount points and debuging options
  - uses bash, mount and umount mainstream processing tools