Ubuntu – Permission denied on SSHFS automount

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I am trying to set up an SSHFS connection between two Ubuntu machines, using /etc/fstab so that they automount from the beginning.

I have created an .ssh directory in my home dir on both machines, I have created the id_dsa and id_dsa.pub files, and copied the keys over to each machine in a file called authorized_keys. I have set the directory permissions to 700 and the files to 600.

I have edited /etc/fuse.conf so that user_allow_other is uncommented.

This is the format of my entry in /etc/fstab on the client machine, which I got from here:

sshfs#myname@www.myhome.com:/home/myname    /mnt/sshfs/homebox    fuse    comment=sshfs,noauto,users,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,allow_other,reconnect,transform_symlinks,BatchMode=yes 0 0

However, whenever I try to mount the server, I get this error:

fusermount: failed to open /etc/fuse.conf: Permission denied
fusermount: option allow_other only allowed if 'user_allow_other' is set in /etc/fuse.conf

As mentioned, I have already uncommented user_allow_other, so this error is extra puzzling.

What else do I need to do?

Best Answer

Is your user a member of group fuse?

If not, please do:

~$ sudo adduser $USER fuse

Try to take a look at the permissions of the file:

~$ ls -l /etc/fuse.conf

It should be like this:

~$ -rw-r----- 1 root fuse 216 2011-05-18 07:12 /etc/fuse.conf

If not, please, correct it.

~$ sudo chmod 640 /etc/fuse.conf

Don't forget to logout and login again after adding your user to the group fuse.

Let me know if it solved your problem.

Regards.

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