On 27/07/2026 10:44, Franco Martelli wrote:
Hi,
I've the following issue with sshfs while it doesn't happen when I login
using ssh:
root@itek:~# sshfs rpi:/ /media/raspberrypi
root@itek:~# LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ls -l -a -h /media/raspberrypi/etc/
alternatives/rsh
ls: cannot read symbolic link '/media/raspberrypi/etc/alternatives/rsh':
Operation not permitted
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Nov 27 2019 /media/raspberrypi/etc/
alternatives/rsh
root@itek:~# /bin/fusermount -u /media/raspberrypi/
root@itek:~# ssh rpi
[...]
root@raspberrypi:~# LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ls -l -a -h /etc/alternatives/rsh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Nov 27 2019 /etc/alternatives/rsh -> /usr/
bin/ssh
I pick "/etc/alternatives/rsh" as case test but many symlinks cannot be
read when mounting the filesystem via sshfs. I don't want to use the
option "follow_symlinks":
root@itek:~# sshfs -o follow_symlinks rpi:/ /media/raspberrypi
root@itek:~# LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ls -l -a -h /media/raspberrypi/etc/
alternatives/rsh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 771K Apr 16 18:19 /media/raspberrypi/etc/
alternatives/rsh
root@itek:~# /bin/fusermount -u /media/raspberrypi/
because sshfs replace the symlink with the pointed file, I just want the
symlink be readable. Does anybody know how to accomplish that?
Thank you very much for any hint, kind regards.
I had to add -o no_contain_symlinks to a sshfs mount recently (even if
the symlink containing .. pointed to a file inside the shared
directory). Note that this option might allow access to files outside
the shared directory.
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Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice.
-- Kirk, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3220.3
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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