BAN - Solms

SSHFS with FUSE is a fairly simple (and secure) method to mount a remote drive.

Installation on Debian Etch is easy enough, fetch some stuff:

root@ford:~ # apt-get install fuse-utils sshfs

Load the FUSE module

root@ford:~ # modprobe fuse

Create a mount point (if not already available) and grant right to my user:

root@ford:~ # mkdir /mnt/arthur
root@ford:~ # chown olaf.users /mnt/arthur

Now add the user to the fuse usergroup:

root@ford:~ # adduser olaf fuse

Drop root and the user should be able to mount the remote system:

olaf@ford:~ # sshfs olaf@192.168.1.2:/<somewhere> /mnt/arthur

ToDo:
automagically mount at boot and re-mount after some idle time.

Last modified: 2007-12-23