Unclear error message when sshfs is not found

[RReverser]

When trying to change the direction of mount to get client folder in host as per example

override.vm.synced_folder "~/...", "/home/vagrant/...", type: "sshfs", reverse: true

Getting the following error:

==> default: Mounting SSHFS shared folder...
==> default: mounting folder via SSHFS: guestpath:/home/vagrant/... => hostpath:~/...
==> default: Checking Mount..
==> default: Checking Mount..
==> default: Checking Mount..
==> default: Checking Mount..
==> default: Checking Mount..
==> default: Checking Mount..
==> default: Checking Mount..
Mounting SSHFS shared folder via reverse SSHFS mount failed. Please
look at the below output from from the processes that were run.

SSHFS command output:

sh: -o: command not found

[dustymabe]

it looks like it can't find the sshfs binary as it should have /path/to/sshfs -o. What does which sshfs return?

[RReverser]

@dustymabe You're right, symlinking fixed the problem, although error message is really not very obvious :) Thanks!

[dustymabe]

@RReverser well it would be nice to know where sshfs is on your machine.. I thought we had a better error message for this but I guess we don't. We should though so feel free to re-open this.

[RReverser]

Reopened with updated title.

[MacDada]

I have the same error.

$ which sshfs – nothing

$ sshfs
-bash: sshfs: command not found

I installed the plugin with vagrant plugin install vagrant-sshfs, but I didn't install sshfs separately – should I?

[dustymabe]

yes, you have to install sshfs separately

[MacDada]

It should be mentioned in the docs then ;)

[dustymabe]

Installing sshfs on the host is only needed if you are doing a reverse mount, which isn't the most common use case. It is somewhat mentioned in https://github.com/dustymabe/vagrant-sshfs/blob/master/README.adoc#options-specific-to-reverse-mounting-guesthost-mount. Feel free to open a PR to help clarify things more.