Skip to main content

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

2
  • 12
    autofs will do the connecting on demand and can unmount when idle (which reduces the problematic time window), but it won't help if sshfs hangs because the server has disconnected. Commented Jun 1, 2011 at 11:17
  • disarming. @Gilles'SO-stopbeingevil' is right of course. However, the following tries to avoid the issue in a different way: Mount for a short time while needed then disconnect prior to trouble. Good idea at least: tjansson.dk/2008/01/autofs-and-sshfs-the-perfect-couple Commented Mar 31, 2024 at 0:11