Re: [sshfs] follow_symlinks weird behaviour.

> > If you'd start sshfs in the recommended way (as user, not from
> > /etc/fstab), then all your problems would be solved, and sshfs would
> > run as user not as root, which is more secure.
> I am using fstab entry because of /etc/rc.d/netfs script provided with
> my distro does 'mount -a -t smbfs,fuse,nfs,etc.'. I set 
> NetworkManager-Dispatcher to starat/stop this script when I am
> connected/disconnected from the network. Thus it automatically mounts
> and umounts network filesystems here. Both scripts are to be run as root
> obviously. That's why I use the not recommended way of mounting.
> 
> Anyway, what you suggested is not helping at all. The mountpoint
> directory's permission are overwritten no matter if I am mounting as
> root or not, so anyone can see anything inside. 

Only if you use '-oallow_other'.  Otherwise only the mounting user
will be permitted to access the filesystem, which is what you want
AFAICS.

Yes, a new option could be added which does this for an arbitrary user
instead of the mounting user, but a clearner and more secure solution
is to just run the sshfs filesystem as user.

Miklos

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