Mount a Remote Directory With SSHFS Rumi, March 2, 2017March 7, 2017 sshfs is a filesystem based on the SSH file transfer protocol. It is used on a client system i.e. you need to install sshfs package on your local computer/laptop powered by CentOS/RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian/Arch Linux. No need to install anything on server (server1.cyberciti.biz). You only need an openssh server installed on server side. Our sample setup: Installing SSHFS on a Ubuntu/Debian/Mint Linux Type the following apt-get command: sudo apt-get install sshfs Sample outputs: [sudo] password for tweenpath: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: sshfs 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 41.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 138 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main sshfs amd64 2.5-1ubuntu1 [41.7 kB] Fetched 41.7 kB in 1s (27.8 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package sshfs. (Reading database ... 247545 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../sshfs_2.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking sshfs (2.5-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up sshfs (2.5-1ubuntu1) ... Installing SSHFS on an Arch Linux Type the following command: sudo pacman -S sshfs fuse Installing SSHFS on a RHEL (Red Hat)/CentOS Linux First, turn on EPEL repo and then type the following yum command to install FUSE-Filesystem to access remote filesystems via SSH on a CentOS/RHEL: sudo yum install fuse-sshfs Sample outputs: Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, protectbase, rhnplugin, security This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite. Setting up Install Process 0 packages excluded due to repository protections Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package fuse-sshfs.x86_64 0:2.4-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: fuse >= 2.2 for package: fuse-sshfs-2.4-1.el6.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package fuse.x86_64 0:2.8.3-4.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ======================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================================================= Installing: fuse-sshfs x86_64 2.4-1.el6 epel 52 k Installing for dependencies: fuse x86_64 2.8.3-4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 71 k Transaction Summary ======================================================================================================================= Install 2 Package(s) Total download size: 123 k Installed size: 115 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/2): fuse-2.8.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 71 kB 00:00 (2/2): fuse-sshfs-2.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 52 kB 00:00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 173 kB/s | 123 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : fuse-2.8.3-4.el6.x86_64 1/2 Installing : fuse-sshfs-2.4-1.el6.x86_64 2/2 Verifying : fuse-sshfs-2.4-1.el6.x86_64 1/2 Verifying : fuse-2.8.3-4.el6.x86_64 2/2 Installed: fuse-sshfs.x86_64 0:2.4-1.el6 Dependency Installed: fuse.x86_64 0:2.8.3-4.el6 Complete! How do I mount the remote file system? The syntax is sshfs user@server /path/to/mountpoint sshfs user@server /path/to/mountpoint options First, create a directory using mkdir command: sudo mkdir /mnt/server1 I’m going to mount file system using root user and you need to type root password when prompted: sudo sshfs root@192.168.1.142:/ /mnt/server1/ ## OR use ssh key based login ## sudo sshfs -o IdentityFile=~/.ssh/keyfile /mnt/server1/ Password for root@freebsd10: Verify it: sudo df -h Sample outputs: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/wks05-root 487G 114G 350G 25% / none 4.1k 0 4.1k 0% /sys/fs/cgroup udev 17G 4.1k 17G 1% /dev tmpfs 3.4G 1.9M 3.4G 1% /run none 5.3M 0 5.3M 0% /run/lock none 17G 160k 17G 1% /run/shm none 105M 50k 105M 1% /run/user /dev/sda1 239M 89M 138M 40% /boot root@192.168.1.142:/ 20G 12G 6.8G 64% /mnt/server1 To access and/or to see the remote file system, run: sudo -s cd /mnt/server1 ls -l Dealing with “Permission denied” error and recommended procedure for mounting the remote directory If you get an error that read as cannot access server1: Permission denied, add yourself to a group called fuse: $ sudo gpasswd -a "$USER" fuse Adding user tweenpath to group fuse Next, create a mount point inside your own home directory: $ mkdir $HOME/server1 $ ls -ld !$ ls -ld $HOME/server1 drwxrwxr-x 2 tweenpath tweenpath 4096 Mar 8 04:34 /home/tweenpath/server1 To mount the remote file system, enter: sshfs -o idmap=user root@192.168.1.142:/ $HOME/server1 df ls -l $HOME/server1 How do I unmount the remote file system? The syntax is: sudo umount /mnt/server1 ## OR ## fusermount -u /mnt/server1 Verify it: df -h How can I permanently mount the remote file system by updating /etc/fstab? Edit the /etc/fstab file, enter: sudo vi /etc/fstat The syntax is: userNameHere@FQDN_OR_IP_HERE:/path/to/source/ /local/mountdir/ fuse.sshfs defaults,_netdev 0 0 Examples Add the following entry at the bottom of the file: sshfs#root@192.168.1.142:/ /mnt/server1 Another example with additional options: sshfs#$root@192.168.1.142:/ /mnt/server1 fuse defaults,idmap=user,allow_other,reconnect,_netdev,users,IdentityFile=/path/to/.ssh/keyfile 0 0 Recommend option for on-demand mounting if you are using systemd: tweenpath@tweenpath.net/project/www/ /mnt/server1 fuse.sshfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev,users,idmap=user,IdentityFile=/home/vivek/.ssh/id_rsa,allow_other,reconnect 0 0 Save and close the file. Where, root@192.168.1.142 : Remote server with sshd fuse : File system type. idmap=user : Only translate UID of connecting user. allow_other : Allow access to other users. reconnect : Reconnect to server. _netdev : The filesystem resides on a device that requires network access (used to prevent the system from attempting to mount these filesystems until the network has been enabled on the system). users : Allow every user to mount and unmount the filesystem. IdentityFile=/path/to/.ssh/keyfile – SSH key file. P.S: If you are troubled with file permissions- try this instead- sshfs -o allow_other user@myserver:/home/user/myprojects ~/mount/myprojects Related Administrations SSHFS
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