https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570 LogFusion RSS: Open log files on network mapped drive letter Sat, 02 May 2026 08:52:39 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570 https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#8 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:23:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#8 LogFusion Glad to hear it, and thanks for the kind words! ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#7 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:55:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#7 LogFusion First I want to thank you for troubleshooting with me. I do tech troubelshooting support for a job and apreciate it when others assist me.

You nailed the issue, that is exactly what was happening. Most of the logs that I watch with logfusion require administrator rights to open so I was in tha habit of right clicking and running as administrator. That explains it.

Thanks again for your help. This is the best tail product for windows out today. ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#6 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:29:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#6 LogFusion I've tested out SSHFS and SSHFS-Win Manager here and it seems to work for me. I can map the drive using Win Manager, and it shows up when I browse for logs in LogFusion.

Is it possible that you're running SSHFS from a different user than the user you're logged in with? e.g. are you running it with "run as user" that prompts for credentials? You can check the username that the sshfs processes and LogFusion process are running with using the "User name" column on the Windows Task Manager > Details tab. ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#5 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:57:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#5 LogFusion I have tried SSHFS, https://github.com/winfsp/sshfs-win using the sshfs-win manager, and from command line.

What I am looking for is a way to connect to a linux server over sftp to then use logfusion to monitor some linux logs. Yes I am aware of tail -f, I am linux dangerous and like the highlighting that I can do in LogFusion, have not wanted to spend the time to try and figure out if I can color code tail. ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#4 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:51:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#4 LogFusion What application do you use to map that drive? I'll try and test it out here to see what's up. ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#3 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:49:39 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#3 LogFusion In explorer it shows up as just a drive letter.
It does look different than a SMB mapped drive that shows the drive letter and then a UNC path.
There is no UNC path on it, just the drive letter, but I can browse the files and folders and even open files from explorer without issue. ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#2 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:33:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570#2 LogFusion What type of drive does it show up as in File Explorer? Does it show as a regular mapped drive, or is it something special? ]]> https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:28:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.logfusion.ca/Discussions/View/open-log-files-on-network-mapped-drive-letter/?ID=018c5a23-5aed-7462-b1f4-4dbadd02d570 LogFusion I have a network drive letter mapped to a server share and I am not able to browse to the drive letter to open a log file on the remote system. Is this expected behavior? Is it a requirement to map using UNC (this drive is mapped over sftp) ]]>