Re: sshfs?

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:44:58 -0700, jpg wrote:
> Hey List,
> 
> Trying to get sshfs to work on my 'sarge' box.
> 
> Installed sshfs, added root to the fuse group, then attempted to connect to
> remote machine that has sshd, with sftp extension, and get:
> 
> # sshfs remote_host:/<remotefs>  /<localmountpoint>
> Password: 
> FATAL: Module fuse not found.
> fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
> 
> # modprobe fuse
> FATAL: Module fuse not found.
> 
> 
> Nothing in man page describing needing to have a fuse module.
> Nothing in /usr/src/linux-2.6.12.2 about fuse
> Nothing in /lib/modules/2.6.12.2 about fuse module
> Nothing in /usr/src/linux-2.6.12.2/.config about fuse; kernel or module.
> 
> Help
> 
> Details:
> 
> uname -a
> Linux <hostname> 2.6.12.2 #2 SMP Tue Oct 11 13:20:36 PDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> dpkg -l | egrep "ssh|shfs"
> ii  shfs-utils     0.35-2         (secure) SHell File System mount programs
> ii  ssh            3.8.1p1-8.sarg Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH)
> ii  sshfs          1.1-1          filesystem client based on SSH File Transfer

Try installing the "module-assistant" package; then run (as root)

module-assistant a-i fuse 

(I don't use Sarge, therefore I am not 100% certain if it will work like
 that, but "fuse-source" exists in Stable, so I would expect that the
 module assistant can build the module for you.)

-- 
Regards,
          Florian