Debian – How to Set Up SSHFS to Use www-data

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I have 2 Debian systems, prod1 and prod2, with their respective users, prod1 and prod2 as well. I want to setup an sshfs with autofs to have a directory on prod1 in the /home/prod1/ that the user www-data could use independently on one server or the other. I want the owner of the content to be www-data. I want to use ssh from the prod2 user to prod1 user, not directly www-data. How would I configure /etc/fstab, /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.sshfs ?

Best Answer

auto.master:

/mnt/ssh /etc/auto.sshfs        uid=www-data,gid=www-data,--timeout=30,--ghost

auto.sshfs:

prod1     -fstype=fuse,rw,nodev,nonempty,noatime,allow_other,max_read=65536 :sshfs\#prod1@prod1\:
  • you can use e.g. /var/www/ssh instead of /mnt/ssh, this directory becomes a special directory where access will trigger auto-mount ...
  • reconsider security implications and adjusting permissions

HTH, Zrin

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