SSHFS How To

SSHFS How To

2017-01-06. Category & Tags: SSHFS

Advantage: simple, much safer than samba & nfs, support non-English when mounted in windows.

See Also Links SFTP: FTP over SSH NFS CIFS/SMB/Samba

SERVER #

in linux, need ssh server with sftp support #

Note that many routers’ Linux ROM does not support SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).

in win, need ssh server with sftp support #

For instance, OpenSSH-powershell for Windows. See here for detailed steps. OBS 1: sshfs works, but ssh to win will get win-cmd UI OBS 2: pub key login seems NOT working ??? WARN: the whole C: disk will be shared as root.

LINUX AS CLIENT #

WARN: use absolute path (instead of relative path) format for both server and client ! (no error for relative path, but cannot mount)

sudo apt-get install sshfs && \
echo 'user_allow_other' > /etc/fuse.conf && \
sudo mkdir /mnt/share && \
sudo sshfs -o allow_other,reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15 [email protected]:/ /mnt/share
# or, with key:
sudo sshfs -o allow_other,reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15,IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]:/ /mnt/share

OBS 1: option allow_other will permit others non-root to read and write files as root (similar to NFS). OBS 2: be careful of default_permissions option: this option make allow_other NOT useful, others non-root cannot access the folder. Tip 1: for permanent mount, see digitalocean. Tip 2: for error “Transport endpoint is not connected”, run “umount -l /mnt/share”, l means lazy clean.

WINDOWS 10 AS CLIENT #

  1. Install Dokan, 不知道用哪个文件的，直接用 DokanSetup.exe 这个通用安装版。 (old: Dokan v1).
  2. Install Win-SSHFS, 注意使用 Latest 版本，不要用 Pre-release. ( old: Win-SSHFS v1.6 pre-release) (no process shown, will create a shortcut on desktop)
  3. Run desktop shutcut, fill ssh server login info and “save”, then “mount”.
  4. Done. 190

Tip: Win-SSHFS will automatically ask for .net v4.6 if it is not yet installed.

OBS: win7 has limitations, dokan requires KB3033929.

REF #

igikorn.com to mount in linux, see DigitalOcean.com