sshfs-win adds executable permission for all newly created files

Question

I mounted remote ssh file system to my Windows using sshfs-win. But when I create files in Windows they are marked as executable in Linux.

$ ls -l
total 4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 14 Mar 31 20:42 file.txt

Note x permissions.

How do I prevent sshfs-win setting executable bit on files?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '20 at 11:04

You need to pass create_file_umask option to sshfs-win. It is kind of umask option but for newly created files (for directories you would use create_dir_umask, for both - create_umask). But I don't know how to pass sshfs options to sshfs-win when you mount using net use command. So I mount file system directly using sshfs.exe command. I use the following batch file:

SETLOCAL

SET PATH=C:\Program Files\SSHFS-Win\bin;%PATH%
sshfs user@host:/ -p 22 S: -f -C -o idmap=user -o create_file_umask=111 -o dothidden

Some flags are not required: -f (run in foreground), -C (use compression) and -o dothidden (mark files which names start with . as hidden in Windows), but they are useful. Since you mount it not as a service but as ordinal process, the mount is available only for your user. When you kill this batch, the mount disappears.

sshfs-win adds executable permission for all newly created files

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