autofs+sshfs rocks

I was stuck for a bit setting up sshfs+autofs ala this guide:
http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2007/05/totally-seamless-sshfs-under-linux-using-fuse-and-autofs/

I had an automount process that had started when the configuration wasn’t correct and had to -9 it before things were working.

I get pretty nice performance out of sshfs: I haven’t run any benchmarks but remotely tunneled operations seem faster than the equivalents over a local samba mount.

Though I do occasionally find myself finding/grepping on the mount instead of with a direct shell (doh!) I’ve found it’s sped up parts of my development workflow.

I would like to take the time to get together a script in place to allow passphrased keys — my only real problem with this setup.