Re: Symlinks not accessible when mounting with sshfs

On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 21:49:54 +0200, Franco Martelli wrote:
> This isn't viable for me, I use sshfs to mount the root filesystem of a
> device for backup purpose, I cannot deal with copying a directory from /etc
> to other directory.

OK, now I understand what behavior you want.

The sshfs changelog has

  * add contain_symlinks option to prevent symlink escape attacks
    (CVE-2026-47187) (Closes: #1138293)

The man page says this is enabled by default.  So, I think what you want
to do is turn this off.

       -o no_contain_symlinks
              disable symlink containment and allow all symlink targets through
              unchanged,  including  absolute  paths  and  paths containing ...
              Only use this with fully trusted servers.

I believe that'll do what you want.