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Mounting a fuse Filesystem from /etc/fstab
Earlier on, I showed how-to mount a remote filesystem with fuse, using a remote partition accessible by SSH. Since version version 2.4.0, it is possible to use fstab to mount those kind of partition.
The current version installed on ubuntu dapper is fuse-utils-2.4.2. Unfortunately, /sbin/mount.fuse is not included in the package. I've recompiled it, submitted to revu, hopefully it is going to make its way up to the main repository. In the meanwhile you can get it from here.
FUSE comes in 4 packages:
- fuse-source: Filesystem in USErspace (source for kernel module)
- fuse-utils: Filesystem in USErspace (utilities), the package we are going to use here.
- libfuse2: Filesystem in USErspace library
- libfuse-dev: Filesystem in USErspace (development files)
EDIT: A newer fuse .deb version is available from Debuntu .deb repository , installing fuse package from the repository will include new features.
Ok, let's go to it. The packages we are going to need are fuse-utils and sshfs. Download fuse-utils_2.4.2-0ubuntu3_i386.deb and install it:
:~$sudo dpkg -i /path/to/fuse-utils_2.4.2-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
Install sshfs as well:
:~$sudo apt-get install sshfs
Now, taking the exemple used in How to: Mount a remote filesystem using SSH, SSHFS and FUSE, we are going to modify /etc/fstab :
sshfs#my-remote-user@my-remote-host:/home/my-remote-user /my-local-filesystem/remotefs fuse defaults 0 0
EDIT: Since Fuse 2.5.3, new parameters such as user and noauto can be used in fstab, so changing the previous line to:
sshfs#my-remote-user@my-remote-host:/home/my-remote-user /my-local-filesystem/remotefs fuse user,noauto 0 0
will not mount the filesystem automatically during boot (noauto) and will let a non-privileged user (but belonging to fuse group) to mount the filesystem from the command line.
And that's it, you can now mount your file system, just like other filesystem in /etc/fstab, here:
:~$sudo mount /my-local-filesystem/remotefs
my-remote-user@my-remote-host's password:
:) .
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Submitted by chantra on Thu, 2006-04-27 17:52.
Mount NTFS drive with rw access
Hello,
with Debian it is not enough just to
#apt-get install ntfs-3g
to get rw access to NTFS drive.
For example if you connect USB drive with NTFS file system and use normal command:
#mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/hd
and
#mount
output is such:
/dev/sdf1 on /mnt/hd type ntfs (rw)
if you try to write anything to this mount, you will get error:
:/mnt/hd# mkdir 1
mkdir: cannot create directory `1': Operation not permitted
To solve this situation, you must install ntfs-3g package and use such mount syntax:
# mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/hd -t ntfs-fuse
and this works!
I wish everybody to save time, because I spent mine while it could be spent better.
How to use tsocks on sshfs when in fstab
Hi
I really likes the article, but i miss a little feature.
When i'm at my university i'm behind a socks proxy. Therefore i really would like to be able to either make the fuse connect through that proxy, or use tsocks to route all sshfs connections through the proxy.
I really would like you comment's on that.
Andreas
Check it out easy!
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/FUSE/sshfs
requirements:
1. a line fuse in /etc/modules
2. the package sshfs installed
3. a line in /etc/fstab
sshfs#username@yourserver:/pathonserver/ /yourmountdir fuse uid=1003,gid=100,umask=0,allow_other 0 0
and now the best an easiest:
4. a line in menu->system->settings->sessions->startup
sshfs username@yourserver:/pathonserver/ /yourmountdir
That's awful -> with starting the session, there is a password-question!!!!
It's more easy and awful!!!! (6.06 Dapper Drake)
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/FUSE/sshfs
requirements:
1. a line fuse in /etc/modules
2. the package sshfs installed
3. a line in /etc/fstab
sshfs#username@yourserver:/pathonserver/ /yourmountdir fuse uid=1003,gid=100,umask=0,allow_other 0 0
and now the best an easiest:
4. a line in menu->system->settings->sessions->startup
sshfs username@yourserver:/pathonserver/ /yourmountdir
That's awful -> with starting the session, there is a password-question!!!!
mount.fuse
where was /sbin/mount.fuse you said?
You get it from fuse-utils
You get it from fuse-utils from debuntu deb's repository
Debuntu
home directory and certificate authentication
The home (the directory you get when you "ssh user@server") can also be mounted with
$ sshfs user@server: /home/user/serverdirectory/
That is, ending in : and nothing more :)
For really easy mounting you should check out certificate-authentication with ssh:
The quick way:
scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub user@server:
ssh user@server
cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys
rm id_dsa.pub
exit
now try "ssh user@server". You will be logged on automatically. sshfs and rsync will also auto-mount :) Very convenient.
For the longer explanation, google it :)
full path not needed
when issuing the command
$ sshfs user@remote-host:~/ remotefs
don't forget, that the ~ operator is interpreted by your shell, so your shell actually replaces ~ with the absolute path to your home on the current machine
To mount relative to your home directory on the server:
$ sshfs user@remote-host:./ remotefs
The ./ is where your home is, where ever that may be on the server. (config in the server's /etc/passwd file)
So long story short, use the period, and it will get you to where you want to be.
--Tom G.
?--------- ? ? ? ? ?
you have to mount your remote fs without sudo!
just type:
mount /media/yourRemDirbut dont forget to add the user/users in fstab. My fstab looks like this:
Thanks a lot!!! This is exact
Thanks a lot!!! This is exactly what I was looking for!
Hi ElMacovich, That was a
Hi ElMacovich,
That was a pleasure ;).
Thks for your support.
Hi Chantra. I use Dapper Drak
Hi Chantra. I use Dapper Drake on an AMD64 system. So I cannot use your deb file. Is there a workaround to get the mounting done automatically with or without fstab?
Thank you so much for providi
Thank you so much for providing these files; I would have banged my head on the desk for hours ;)
I do have one quirk that wasn't covered in the howto: when I mount via command-line, everything is fine, but when I mount via fstab, only root is able to access the folder :(
I have done chown, chgrp, chmod - set the fmask, dmask, uid, gid in fstab: still the same problem.
Oddly, when I have uid and gid set;
'ls -l' shows "?--------- ? ? ? ? ? DIRECTORY"
and 'sudo ls -l' shows "drwxrwxrwx 1 MyUID MyGID 480 2006-01-22 16:41 DIRECTORY"
I'm stumped for now
Ok, I have resolved it, thoug
Ok, I have resolved it, though it may not be optimal:
Added the "user" parameter that's now supported as of the debuntu version.
(I also added noauto)
Now I can do 'mount /media/DIRECTORY' and 'umount /media/DIRECTORY' and I have proper permissions!
Thanks again
Hi Josh43, Thanks for that
Hi Josh43,
Thanks for that,
I will update my post according to this :).
You can also use the users parameter, but that is not really safe :).
cheers
Just found out that the full
Just found out that the full path of the remote directory might need to be specified and shell short forms don't work.
For example
$ sshfs user@remote-host:~/ remotefsmight not work, while
$ sshfs user@remote-host:/home/user remotefsworks.
hi natarajan, thanks for t
hi natarajan,
thanks for this point. Actually, I forgot to mention it but I remember that I had to supply the full path prefix and not only ~/xxx .