On 2021/10/05 01:42, Rex ford wrote:
> Hello!
> I may have found a bug, or an undocumented feature.
> For context,
> I am mounting a directory like this:
> *sshfs rex@myserver:/mnt/my_mount /mnt/my_mount*
> I understand that Theo disabled usermount because it's dangerous, but after
> mounting a filesystem with sshfs and using root, the directory is ownership
> shows root:wheel, and the mode is only letting root access anything.
> 
> If I try
> *doas chown rex:rex /mnt/my_mount*
> then
> *ls -lah /mnt/my_mount*
> I still see
> *root:wheel as the user and group for that directory.*
> 
> Also, the* chmod* command is ignored on an sshfs mounted directory. Isn't
> this a bug? Shouldn't I be able to mount the file system,* then* hand
> privilege to another user afterward?
> 
> Generally, the goal is to access the data mounted by root with sshfs ...
> but from a normal user.
> 
> Best regards,
> Rex

I think this is expected. sshfs "idmap" options may help.

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