Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-875

Chapter 5. File Systems and Disk Management

sshfs-3.7.3

Introduction to Sshfs

The Sshfs package contains a filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol. This is useful for mounting a remote computer that you have ssh access to as a local filesystem. This allows you to drag and drop files or run shell commands on the remote files as if they were on your local computer.

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Package Information

Sshfs Dependencies

Required

Fuse-3.16.2, GLib-2.82.4, and OpenSSH-9.9p1.

Optional

docutils-0.21.2 (required to build the man page)

Installation of Sshfs

Install Sshfs by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Using Sshfs

To mount an ssh server you need to be able to log into the server. For example, to mount your remote home folder to the local ~/examplepath (the directory must exist and you must have permissions to write to it): 

sshfs example.com:/home/userid ~/examplepath

When you've finished work and want to unmount it again: 

fusermount3 -u ~/example

You can also mount an sshfs filesystem at boot by adding an entry similar to the following in the /etc/fstab file: 

userid@example.com:/path /media/path fuse.sshfs _netdev,IdentityFile=/home/userid/.ssh/id_rsa 0 0

See man 1 sshfs and man 8 mount.fuse3 for all available mount options.

Contents

Installed Program: sshfs
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

sshfs

mounts an ssh server as a local file system