Windows 10 Home and sshfs

Wed Apr 23 02:31:44 GMT 2025

Hi David,
On 4/22/2025 6:58 PM, David Christensen via Cygwin wrote:
> cygwin:
>> I have SOHO network with a FreeBSD file server:
>> 2025年04月22日 18:55:28 toor@f5 ~
> # freebsd-version ; uname -a
> 13.4-RELEASE-p4
> FreeBSD f5.tracy.holgerdanske.com 13.4-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE- 
> p3 GENERIC amd64
>>> I have a Windows 10 Home client with Cygwin:
>> 2025年04月22日 18:03:21 admin@dq67sw ~
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 dq67sw 3.6.1-1.x86_64 2025年04月09日 11:31 UTC x86_64 
> Cygwin
>>> I can connect from the Windows client to the server via Cygwin ssh(1) 
> using pre-shared keys:
>> 2025年04月22日 18:28:49 admin@dq67sw ~
> $ cygcheck -c openssh
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version    Status
> openssh              10.0p1-1       OK
>> 2025年04月22日 18:49:44 admin@dq67sw ~
> $ ssh dpchrist@f5
>> 2025年04月22日 18:49:50 dpchrist@f5 ~
> $ ls -l /var/local/samba/dpchrist/Downloads/ | head
> total 173
> drwxrwxr-x  26 dpchrist  dpchrist  26 Apr 15 10:07 a
> drwxrwxr-x   8 dpchrist  dpchrist   8 Apr  7 08:37 b
> drwxrwxr-x  14 dpchrist  dpchrist  14 Apr  7 08:37 c
> drwxrwxr-x   8 dpchrist  dpchrist   8 Apr  7 08:37 d
> drwxrwxr-x   8 dpchrist  dpchrist   8 Apr  7 08:37 e
> drwxrwxr-x   9 dpchrist  dpchrist   9 Apr  7 08:37 f
> drwxrwxr-x   9 dpchrist  dpchrist   9 Oct 10  2024 g
> drwxrwxr-x  14 dpchrist  dpchrist  14 Apr  7 08:37 h
> drwxrwxr-x  10 dpchrist  dpchrist  10 Apr  7 08:37 i
>> 2025年04月22日 18:49:55 dpchrist@f5 ~
> $ exit
> logout
> Connection to f5 closed.
>>> I would like to use Cygwin sshfs(1) to mount a server directory onto the 
> Windows client:
>> 2025年04月22日 18:08:45 admin@dq67sw ~
> $ cygcheck -c sshfs
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version    Status
> sshfs                3.7.2-2        OK
>>> RTFM the Cygwin package "sshfs":
>> https://cygwin.com/cygwin/packages/summary/sshfs.html
>>> I have downloaded the WinFsp installer:
>> https://winfsp.dev/rel/
>> winfsp-2.0.23075.msi
>>> I have run the WinFsp installer, leaving component selections at default:
>>         WinFsp
>             Core
>             -> Will be installed on local hard drive

Looks good.
> I have restarted the Windows client.
>>> When I use Cygwin sshfs(1) to mount the file server directory onto the 
> Windows client, the directory is not mounted and there are no error 
> messages:
>> 2025年04月22日 18:35:51 admin@dq67sw ~
> $ sshfs dpchrist@samba:/var/local/samba/dpchrist /samba
>> 2025年04月22日 18:39:27 admin@dq67sw ~
> $ ls -l /samba
> total 0
>>> As a sanity check, sshfs(1) works correctly on a Debian GNU/Linux client.

A peculiarity of Cygwin sshfs on Windows is that the directory being 
mounted on ('/samba' in your case) must not exist before starting sshfs.
If that doesn't help, please do
 echo $?
 cat /var/run/fuse.mounts
right after trying to start sshfs and post the results here.
..mark