Re: [sshfs] Error "Connection Reset By Peer" on pam_mount+sshfs (Fedora Core 6)

> I arrive to fuse-sshfs mailing list after *weeks* of googling for a
> solution without success.
> 
> I am trying to use pam_mount on a Fedora Core 6 client to mount homes
> for users.
> 
> My setup seems to be ok in terms of pam.d configuration and permissions,
> because if I use pam_mount+CIFS everything works fine.
> 
> If I mount the shares with:
> 
> volume * cifs sambaserver homes ~ dmask=0711 - -
> 
> Everything runs perfectly, so pam is working and everything else is.
> 
> BUT when I try to use sshfs, changing the above line with this:
> 
> volume * fuse loira "sshfs#&@loira:" ~ - - -
> 
> Then this error is printed:
> 
> login: pam_mount(mount.c:100) read: Connection reset by peer
> 
> But, if after logging in without home directory (due to this error), the
> user reproduces the exact command that pam_mount is executing
> (mount.fuse) ¡¡then the directory is mounted without any problems!!
> 
> I can see no answer in google with this problem: and both my client
> (ks-loira) and my server (loira) are fresh installs. I guess this is a
> problem of sshfs because, as I stated before, there is no
> problem mounting CIFS shares (and this module gets the password correctly).
> 
> By the way I need SSHFS and not CIFS because I need unix permissions to
> be set correctly, and I don't get it to work with CIFS.
> 
> I asked just hours ago on the pam_mount mailing list but the mantainer
> told me that the message "reset by peer" comes from the mount child, and
> not from pam_mount, which points to a problem with sshfs. Seems like
> this issue happens on OpenSUSE 10.2

Actually the "Connection reset by peer" error comes from ssh.  Try
replacing the mount command with just a simple ssh invocation:

  ssh user@server echo hello

I've tried the pam_mount module on Debian and it mounts an sshfs
volume fine.

Miklos



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