Hello, sshfs is a module for fuse (File System In Userspace) that allows to mount filesystems via ssh. In the default configuration, the files are only visible for a user that mounts the device, root doesn't see the files. Thunar doesn't display the files, i.e. it displays it for a short time but then clears the list. I suspect that it's a FAM problem (FAM may tell Thunar "there are no files" because FAM runs as root). With sshfs -o allow_root , it works. Maybe it's possible to change Thunar to display the files correctly even if FAM doesn't work in such directories. Regards, Bernhard
While it would be possible to work-around this problem, it would require double-checking each and every FAM event, which can cause quite a lot of I/O traffic (esp. if fast monitoring mechanism like kqueue/inotify are used). I'd suggest to use Gamin instead, which runs as part of the users session.
ok, aggreed.
Resolving with WONTFIX then.
Well, one question: Is it possible to deactivate FAM even if Thunar was compiled with FAM support and FAMd is running? Command line switch maybe?
Not possible right now.