Mount Volume on Windows for All users

[Comfine]

I am trying to mount an SFTP Share on a Windows Terminal Server 2016 Standard for all users.

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I can mount the volume as SYSTEM User, than it is accessable from all users, but i cannot modify existing files, as discussed in this thread:

"rclone mount" running as Windows SYSTEM user: Cannot modify/overwrite existing file from local command line or remote client, even though creating a new file works

Giving this topic a bump, as it is still unresolved: TLDR: Even with the newer version 1.61.1 of rclone, a normal (or even elevated) user cannot change files on an rclone-mounted drive, when the "rclone mount" command is running under the SYSTEM user in Windows 11. (SYSTEM user is necessary to share the mounted drive via network share.) The "-allow-other" (and/or "-allow-root") parameter that appear to address this issue in other OSes are not supported on Windows according to the docs. A…

if i mount it as another user, the drive letter will only be available for this specific user!

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone version
rclone v1.62.2

• os/version: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard 1607 (64 bit)
• os/kernel: 10.0.14393.5786 Build 14393.5786.5786 (x86_64)
• os/type: windows
• os/arch: amd64
• go/version: go1.20.2
• go/linking: static
• go/tags: cmount

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

SFTP, as said

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

"C:\Program Files\rclone\rclone.exe" --no-console --config "C:\Program Files\rclone\rclone.conf" mount Comfine:/ s:\ --network-mode

is exectued via planned task

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

[Comfine]
type = sftp
host = xxx.xxxx.xxx
user = root
pass = secret
key_file = C:\path_to_my_private_key.pem
key_file_pass = secret
shell_type = unix
md5sum_command = md5sum
sha1sum_command = sha1sum

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

hello and welcome to the forum,

did you try the example from the docs?
-o UserName=user123 -o GroupName="Authenticated Users"

[Comfine]

well, yes! following options fixed all my problems:

-o UserName=Administrator -o GroupName="Authentifizierte Benutzer" -o FileSecurity="D:P(A;;FA;;;WD)" --no-console --config "C:\Program Files\rclone\rclone.conf" mount Comfine:/ s:\ --dir-cache-time 1s --network-mode

thanks for the hint!

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

@Comfine

thanks for the hint!

welcome

@Comfine

-o UserName=Administrator

are non-admin users able access the mount?

[Comfine]

@asdffdsa

are non-admin users able access the mount?

yes, they are!

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

nice,

still running rclone mount as system user?

using NSSM or task scheduler or what?

[Comfine]

@asdffdsa

still running rclone mount as system user?

yes

@asdffdsa

using NSSM or task scheduler or what?

Task Scheduler!

[Chuck_House]

is there a FileSecurity="" setting suggestable for b2 ?