🖥️sshfs

➡️This is a command-line reference manual for commands and command combinations that you don’t use often enough to remember it. This cheatsheet explains the sshfs command with important options and switches using examples.

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sshfs -o reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15,ServerAliveCountMax=3,IdentityFile=/home/me/.ssh/id_rsa user@server:/home/user/dir dirshare/ 
# uses SSHFS to mount a remote dir - which should mostly survive breaks in connection. mostly.

sshfs user@remotehost:/remotedir localdir 
# sshfs is a util that uses FUSE and SSH to mount a remote directory as a local one. Saves the hassle of having to login to a remote system or copying files back and forth.

## Create a mount point and mount an FS
# You must create a mount point directory where you will mount your remote file system. For example on /mnt/sshfstest. Of course, use the mount point you want or need. Now, you can mount a remote directory under /etc/sshfstest.
sshfs -o IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]:/remote/directory /mnt/sshfstest

# Linux tip; `sshfs` enables remote file-system mounting, and usually no server side setup, just ssh authorization.
mkdir /media/pi
chown ${USER}:${GROUPS} /media/pi

sshfs raspberrypi:/home/pi /media/pi
ls -ahl /media/pi

fusermount -u /media/pi

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