Public bug reported: While this option is documented, using it makes the command exit with code 1 and not mount anything at all. Doing research about this showed that the whole sshfs project looks abandoned and unmaintained. Given that this package is an important part of Linux, it is worrying that the source code has been archived on GitHub and there seems to be nobody to support this very important Linux functionality.
Steps to reproduce: * make sure sshd is installed and running * create two subdirectories somewhere, e.g. "server", "client" * create the two files: uidfile, gidfile * files can be left empty or get filled e.g. with yourusername:youruserid, yourgroupname:yourgroupid * try mounting the server directory at the client mountpoint: sshfs -d localhost:/PATHTHO/server /PATHTO/client -o idmap=file,uidfile=uidfile,gidfile=gidfile * (the -d options prevents the command from spawning the mount process in the background and should normally stay active until terminated, but because of the bug, the command exits and does not mount anything) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: sshfs 3.7.1+repack-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-32.33~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17 Uname: Linux 5.19.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Feb 21 08:46:04 2023 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-05-30 (266 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1) SourcePackage: sshfs-fuse UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-09-22 (151 days ago) ** Affects: sshfs-fuse (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to sshfs-fuse in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007918 Title: sshfs option idmap=file causes sshfs to not mount anything at all To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sshfs-fuse/+bug/2007918/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs