Using sshfs with autofs on Ubuntu, I cannot set timestamps on remote files:
$ touch /sshfs/server/some/file
touch: setting times of `/sshfs/sshfs/server/some/file': Permission denied
I do have write access to the file. The problem surfaced because files copied to the remote don't get the original's timestamp, but the time of when the copy was done.
If I ssh to the server, I can also change the timestamp without trouble. It only fails through sshfs.
$ cat /etc/auto.sshfs
afserver -fstype=fuse,sshfs_debug,rw,nodev,nonempty,noatime,allow_other,max_read=65536 :sshfs\#my_username@server.domain.lan:/
$ stat /sshfs/server/some/file
...
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 1003/ UNKNOWN) Gid: ( 100/ users)