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    Try ssh or sftp to the same remote host, with -v. That will probably hang in the same manner as sshfs and for the same reason, and it will be clearer what the problem is. Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 12:23
  • Simply using ssh on the same remote host works flawlessly. About sftp I don't know, I've never used it. Could you provide an example command line to test? Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 12:27
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    sftp remotehostname is the command to test. Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 12:35
  • sftp remotehostname hangs. Authentication seems to work, but using -v the last line is debug1: Sending subsystem: sftp Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 16:07