Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] sshfs 3.7.2-1

[Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Am 03.04.2022 um 08:48 schrieb Mark Geisert:
>> The following package has been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>>
>> * sshfs-3.7.2-1
>>
>> This is a port of the reference version of sshfs.  It allows access to
>> local or remote file folders via an ssh (more precisely, sftp) connection.
>> The folder appears as a local folder on the user's system.
>>
>> Sshfs requires cygfuse and a Windows FUSE provider to function.
>>
>> Please send questions or concerns to the main Cygwin mailing list as usual.
> Thanks for building this package.

You're welcome.  Thank YOU for your patience.

>> cygfuse: initialization failed: winfsp-x64.dll not found
> I suggest to add a hint to WinFSP installation to this message.

I had thought the hint on the cygfuse announcement was enough :-)  But no trouble 
to add it on any FUSE apps that are ported.  Thanks.

> Then:
>> /mnt> mkdir servmount
>> /mnt> sshfs 192.168.178.75: servmount
>> Cannot create WinFsp-FUSE file system: mount point in use.
>>                                                           /mnt>
> it fails to mount.

A couple of things.  Windows differs from Unix/Linux (yet again!) in that 
directories mounted upon cannot exist beforehand.  So if you rmdir servmount,
	sshfs 192.168.178.75: servmount
ought to succeed, but instead you will get "read: Software caused connection 
abort", so supply a username@hostname and it should work.  The abort is some sort 
of problem with sshfs which I'll investigate.  On my machine,
	sshfs mark@m0: /mnt/servmount
works fine.

..mark