Re: [sshfs] cannot copy readonly files

[Miklos S. <mi...@sz...>]

> I'm sure I'm doing something really dumb because this is a simple 
> problem, yet I cannot find anything on any lists.
> 
> When I try to copy a read only file across a sshfs mount, I get a 
> permission denied error.  This occurs even when using the force 
> option of cp:
> 
> neptune$ sshfs waytrans@bwrwbrs1: ~/rem/mbooka/
> neptune$ ls -ln rw ro
> 8 -r--r--r--  1 507 413 97 2006-03-14 10:38 ro
> 8 -rw-rw-r--  1 507 413 97 2006-03-14 10:38 rw
> neptune$ cp -f rw ro rem/mbooka/accounts/
> cp: cannot create regular file `rem/mbooka/accounts/ro': 
> Permission denied
> neptune$ ls -ln rem/mbooka/accounts/r?
> 0 -r--r--r--  1 504 504  0 2006-03-14 10:46 rem/mbooka/accounts/ro
> 8 -rw-rw-r--  1 504 504 97 2006-03-14 10:46 rem/mbooka/accounts/rw
> 
> Seems cp refuses to overwrite a readonly file?
> 
> Would appreciate any help with this.  I'm using sshfs-fuse-1.6 and 
> fuse-2.5.2, although the kernel part of fuse is whatever comes 
> standard with linux 2.6.14 / fedora core 4.

You need to have at least 2.6.15 for this to work correctly.

Miklos