Goal
I want to mount my server root at /mnt/server
Root should be able to edit files
bob (uid1000 on both sides) should be able to edit files.
root should be root
bob should be bob. No messing with UIDs.

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Bob mounts the FS:
sshfs root@myserver:/ /mnt/server -o default_permissions,idmap=none

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This does not achieve the above goal.
I've also tried allow_other and allow_root options.
For some reason these options are mutually exclusive.

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No combination of options resulted in bob being able to touch a file on the server, and have it owned by bob.
It seems bob needs to connect to the server as bob@myserver mounted as /mnt/server-bob
Then root needs to connect to root@myserver and mount at /mnt/server-root

This seems a bit silly?

If I want to edit files as john (uid1001) I need to make another ssh account for john, and have john connect at john@myserver and mount at /mnt/server-john

The only alternative I can think of is NFS over VPN?

on my pc root login via ssh is disabled because its stupid. perhaps your server doesnt allow it either ?

edit: i think i am misunderstanding something since it is implied above that you are able to ssh into the server as root (even though it is stated that this does not work).

When i said that the command does not work, I meant it does not achieve my stated goal. (I've edited the text to be more explicit)

The ssh server is not a PC, it's a server. root access is required for remote admin.

It is a limitation. Per the FAQs

http://sourceforge.net/p/fuse/wiki/SshfsFaq/

Basically, sshfs makes the sftp protocol look like a mount filesystem.

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thanks for the correction.
tomato/tomato. i think in general the best practice would be to login as normal user and sudo when necessary.