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Since this is on frontage, a gentle reminder, dear reader, sshfs is looking for maintainers, and currently does not have any. https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs

Since this is on frontage, a gentle reminder, dear reader, sshfs is looking for maintainers, and currently does not have any. https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs

mrweasel 4y ago
I’m a little ambivalent about sshfs. It would be sad to see it die out. On the other hand I’ve only ever seen it misused.
- vaylian 4y ago
  misused in which ways?
  - mrweasel 4y ago
    Production systems with sshfs mounts criss-crossing servers, rather than having proper centralised fileserver. It’s not the fault of sshfs, but it attracts people who just creates the messy systems.
djbusby 4y ago
Yea, I'm a heavy user of sshfs and am nervous about this.
- ori_b 4y ago
  You can maintain it, and get the associated glory and fame! (it honestly seems relatively finished, so I don't think there's all that much work, either.)
  - gurjeet 4y ago
    I did consider that. But then a cursory look at the open issues proved that I don’t have the requisite knowledge, and resources (various platforms that it supports)
- Datagenerator 4y ago
  Then there is Rclone which can do sshfs alike mounts
  - inshadows 4y ago
    Though from quick skim of https://rclone.org/sftp/ https://rclone.org/sftp/ it seems you have to configure each remote. With sshfs you don't need to do any configuration apart from ~/.ssh.
  - naniwaduni 4y ago
    Until you need to write, at which point you run into a litany of quirks that stem from the fact that rclone is designed to work with fancy remote kv-stores and has no idea how to partial-update.
MuffinFlavored 4y ago
Any more modern alternatives than sshfs that people should be looking into using?
- smackeyacky 4y ago
  Tailscale + NFS or Tailscale + SMB SSHFS is fun but there are easier ways to accomplish the same thing.
  - mekster 4y ago
    How is sshfs not easy? It's the simplest form of a remote mount. Those combinations are far more complicated than using the same transport and firewall rules that you've already configured.
    - smackeyacky 4y ago
      Its not simpler when you consider that ssh needs an open port on your router.
      - mekster 4y ago
        Really? How do you manage those servers in the first place?
lsferreira42 4y ago
If i had the necessary skills i would for sure help this project, i have used it more times than i can count :/
gurjeet 4y ago
The situation is much worse than I had imagined; the parent project, libfuse, is also in need of a maintainer. https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse

Since this is on frontage, a gentle reminder, dear reader, sshfs is looking for maintainers, and currently does not have any. https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs

mrweasel 4y ago

I’m a little ambivalent about sshfs. It would be sad to see it die out. On the other hand I’ve only ever seen it misused.

vaylian 4y ago
misused in which ways?
- mrweasel 4y ago
  Production systems with sshfs mounts criss-crossing servers, rather than having proper centralised fileserver. It’s not the fault of sshfs, but it attracts people who just creates the messy systems.

djbusby 4y ago

Yea, I'm a heavy user of sshfs and am nervous about this.

ori_b 4y ago
You can maintain it, and get the associated glory and fame! (it honestly seems relatively finished, so I don't think there's all that much work, either.)
- gurjeet 4y ago
  I did consider that. But then a cursory look at the open issues proved that I don’t have the requisite knowledge, and resources (various platforms that it supports)
Datagenerator 4y ago
Then there is Rclone which can do sshfs alike mounts
- inshadows 4y ago
  Though from quick skim of https://rclone.org/sftp/ https://rclone.org/sftp/ it seems you have to configure each remote. With sshfs you don't need to do any configuration apart from ~/.ssh.
- naniwaduni 4y ago
  Until you need to write, at which point you run into a litany of quirks that stem from the fact that rclone is designed to work with fancy remote kv-stores and has no idea how to partial-update.

MuffinFlavored 4y ago

Any more modern alternatives than sshfs that people should be looking into using?

smackeyacky 4y ago
Tailscale + NFS or Tailscale + SMB SSHFS is fun but there are easier ways to accomplish the same thing.
- mekster 4y ago
  How is sshfs not easy? It's the simplest form of a remote mount. Those combinations are far more complicated than using the same transport and firewall rules that you've already configured.
  - smackeyacky 4y ago
    Its not simpler when you consider that ssh needs an open port on your router.
    - mekster 4y ago
      Really? How do you manage those servers in the first place?

lsferreira42 4y ago

If i had the necessary skills i would for sure help this project, i have used it more times than i can count :/

gurjeet 4y ago

The situation is much worse than I had imagined; the parent project, libfuse, is also in need of a maintainer. https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse