Automatic mount via sshfs

Question

Hello guys,
I set up sshfs using the /home directory of my server and mounting it on /mnt/server. I had to configure the directory permission but now I'm able to mount the directory as normal user with that command:
sshfs user@serverip:/home/user /mnt/server
The next step I tried was to mount my server directory automatically using the fstab method from the wiki. So I added
sshfs#user@serverip:/home/user /mnt/server fuse defaults 0 0
to my fstab, rebooted my system but nothing was mounted. What's wrong? I have to add that I already set up a SSH Key.
Best regards.
Last edited by orschiro (2009-06-20 00:01:55)

Answer 1

I have ssh-agent setup to ask for my passphrase on the first login after I bootup the machine. This works quite well, and then I don't have to worry about passphrase entry for automated ssh/rsync backups, or logging in to my server for whatever.
in ~/.bashrc --
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment"
function start_agent {
echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
/usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}"
echo succeeded
chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}"
. "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
/usr/bin/ssh-add;
# Source SSH settings, if applicable
if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
. "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
start_agent;
else
start_agent;
fi
The code isn't mine, but pieced together from several tutorials (don't remember where!) I believe this is basically the same thing that, for example, the gnome-keyring does when it asks for your keyring password. Just doing it the lightweight KISS way
Good luck!
Scott
Last edited by firecat53 (2009-06-20 22:04:35)