Password auth for SSHFS

[threetrees3]

I would like to try to backup to a Netdynamics slot I have - they support SFTP but unfortunately doesn't support a private key.

Is this something that could be added via the GUI?

Though I suppose I could mount it via command line and use filesystem as a workaround.

Thanks!

[nebulon]

yes for the moment you can create a manual mount yourself and then configure it in Cloudron with the filesystem (mount point) provider. That one ensures that in case the server lost the mount on say reboot, it does not backup to the local disk

[threetrees3]

@nebulon Thanks - have done that. Was it a deliberate decision to not have password auth on the SSHFS option via GUI?

[nebulon]

Generally it is always better to use public/private keys with SSH, so I guess we didn't even consider passwords. while investigating how to add this, turns out ssh does not natively support non-interactive password input unless using sshpass so given that this is also the first time it came up, I think we won't add this, also since the manual sshfs mount still works as a fallback.

I am curious though why your provider does not support SSH keys?