Autofs / sshfs / osxfuse

Question

Attempting to do sshfs mounts through autofs and have hit a snag.
my direct map in auto_master:
/-                              auto_ssh          -nobrowse,nosuid
my auto_ssh file:
/mnt/users/ssh/scanner          -fstype=sshfs,sshfs_debug,idmap=user,follow_symlinks,max_read=65536,rw,nodev,ca che=no,IdentityFile=/Users/cmp12/.ssh/id_dsa cmp12@dirac:/tmp/that
I'm pretty sure the problem is because root becomes the owner of my mount point when i add it to autofs:
tesla:~ cmp12$ ls -ld /mnt/users/ssh/scanner
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Mar 11 11:48 /mnt/users/ssh/scanner
Its owned by me when not included in autofs:
tesla:~ cmp12$ ls -ld /mnt/users/ssh/scanner
dr-xr-xr-x  2 cmp12  DHE\BIAC-Users  68 Mar 10 13:04 /mnt/users/ssh/scanner
When i try to access the mount location the sshfs mount is getting done correctly and shows up in the mount tab, but i cannot access the folder because its now owned by root. 
mount entry:
cmp12@dirac:/tmp/that on /mnt/users/ssh/scanner (osxfusefs, nodev, nosuid, synchronous, nobrowse, mounted by cmp12)
logs:
Mar 11 11:54:20 tesla.dhe.duke.edu automountd[71454]:   fork_exec: /sbin/mount_sshfs -o nobrowse -o nosuid,nodev -o sshfs_debug,idmap=user,follow_symlinks,max_read=65536,rw,nodev,cache=no,Identit yFile=/Users/cmp12/.ssh/id_dsa -o automounted -o nosuid cmp12@dirac:/tmp/that /mnt/users/ssh/scanner
Mar 11 11:54:20 tesla.dhe.duke.edu automountd[71454]:   fork_exec: returns exit status 0
Mar 11 11:54:20 tesla.dhe.duke.edu automountd[71454]:   mount of /mnt/users/ssh/scanner dev=2f000073 rdev=0 OK
Mar 11 11:54:20 tesla.dhe.duke.edu automountd[71454]: MOUNT  REPLY  : status=0, AUTOFS_DONE
That mount command returns a successful/usable sshfs mount when NOT used in combination with autofs ( because my user is the owner of the mount point ).  with any of the other mounts i have in autofs, the mountpoint starts off being owned by root, then ownership is changed to be the user accessing the mount after the mount happens. ( my smbfs mounts are working perfectly )
Is there any way around this in autofs?  I would like this to be in autofs so it can handle mounts/umounts/etc automatically.
Thanks,
-chris

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion .. i finally found a way around this.
I found that the fuse module doesn't respect the options set in the fuse.conf file ( this works on my linux machines ).
However, if i specifically set the option with sysctl and use allow_other, then things work the way i want .. and the way i've been using this in linux.
I turn on allow_other:
sysctl -w osxfuse.tunables.allow_other=1
But i'm only mounting in a location that my user has access .. and adding allow other in the auto_sshfs file:
tesla:local_cvs cmp12$ cat /etc/auto_sshfs
/mnt/users/ssh/scanner          -fstype=sshfs,sshfs_debug,allow_other,idmap=user,follow_symlinks,max_read= 65536,rw,nodev,cache=no,IdentityFile=/Users/cmp12/.ssh/id_dsa          cmp12@dirac:/tmp/that
May not be the most secure way, but it works