Mounting Remote Filesystems With SSHFS DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Bloodlvst
DT, I just discovered this a few days ago. So glad you covered this, such an amazing utility. Made me feel like I'm starting to finally be a -real- Linux user when, for the first time, I found a useful tool that I didn't discover through one of your videos ;)
I was getting frustrated with a web project that didn't require SVN, so I just wanted to edit directly on the server via FTP. I used to do this with PhpStorm, but I've started enjoying VSCode more since it's setup to my liking. None of the extensions for FTP worked right, and it was a headache. Then I stumbled upon SSHFS in the Arch wiki and TOTAL GAME CHANGER. It's amazing being able to work in VSCode like my project is right on my PC, but still being able view the changes on the live site instantly. Everyone should be aware of this utility and how powerful it can be.
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DT, I just discovered this a few days ago. So glad you covered this, such an amazing utility. Made me feel like I'm starting to finally be a -real- Linux user when, for the first time, I found a useful tool that I didn't discover through one of your videos ;)
I was getting frustrated with a web project that didn't require SVN, so I just wanted to edit directly on the server via FTP. I used to do this with PhpStorm, but I've started enjoying VSCode more since it's setup to my liking. None of the extensions for FTP worked right, and it was a headache. Then I stumbled upon SSHFS in the Arch wiki and TOTAL GAME CHANGER. It's amazing being able to work in VSCode like my project is right on my PC, but still being able view the changes on the live site instantly. Everyone should be aware of this utility and how powerful it can be.
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Jake
Outstanding tutorial. I was LOST until I found this. I have two servers running on Ubuntu 18.04 on Vlan (Vrack). I have verified via ping that the two servers can see each other. Even sent something thru Filezilla. My problem is I followed your instruction to a T and everything seems to work. I move from root to my user and I can't access the folder even with permissions. I log back into the root and I can see everything again, o[en and play. Chown is set to user/group chmod 777. Help.
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Outstanding tutorial. I was LOST until I found this. I have two servers running on Ubuntu 18.04 on Vlan (Vrack). I have verified via ping that the two servers can see each other. Even sent something thru Filezilla. My problem is I followed your instruction to a T and everything seems to work. I move from root to my user and I can't access the folder even with permissions. I log back into the root and I can see everything again, o[en and play. Chown is set to user/group chmod 777. Help.
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Patrik
I'm facing this scenario. On a remote host, there is a directory which is a mountpoint for an NFS share. To read that directory you have to be a member of the right group and I'm in that group, but this group is the 17th group I'm a member of. When I login on that remote host, I run newgrp and I'm fine, but this breaks my ability to mount that path via sshfs on my local host. Has anyone ever faced a similar issue? Of course I cannot mount that NFS share on my local host
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I'm facing this scenario. On a remote host, there is a directory which is a mountpoint for an NFS share. To read that directory you have to be a member of the right group and I'm in that group, but this group is the 17th group I'm a member of. When I login on that remote host, I run newgrp and I'm fine, but this breaks my ability to mount that path via sshfs on my local host. Has anyone ever faced a similar issue? Of course I cannot mount that NFS share on my local host
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Zap
Question, it used to be required to communicate with remote networks that one of the networks had to have an open WAN facing port on their modem/router. To avoid opening any ports, the next option was a hosted vpn, man in the middle type solution.
Using OpenSSH, are open WAN ports no longer required? Or am I not understanding the correct context of how -remote file system- is being used in this tutorial?
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Question, it used to be required to communicate with remote networks that one of the networks had to have an open WAN facing port on their modem/router. To avoid opening any ports, the next option was a hosted vpn, man in the middle type solution.
Using OpenSSH, are open WAN ports no longer required? Or am I not understanding the correct context of how -remote file system- is being used in this tutorial?
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UrTechPartner
Hi. Is there any method to reverse the process. f.e. you are on remote server with ssh: like; ssh usr-server-..... now I want to mount local files sitting on my laptop: user-laptop: file is /home/localfile/ to the remote server that I have access with ssh. Thanks
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Hi. Is there any method to reverse the process. f.e. you are on remote server with ssh: like; ssh usr-server-..... now I want to mount local files sitting on my laptop: user-laptop: file is /home/localfile/ to the remote server that I have access with ssh. Thanks
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Mike
First of all, a big thank you for this. I have used ntfs years ago and have recently considered it again. You may know how much goes into doing that. So, I just tried sshfs and it was so easy... THANK YOU... I don't have to go back to old ntfs again.
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First of all, a big thank you for this. I have used ntfs years ago and have recently considered it again. You may know how much goes into doing that. So, I just tried sshfs and it was so easy... THANK YOU... I don't have to go back to old ntfs again.
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Geoff
That is fascinating, use SSH and scp on local and remote computers but never used sshfs - useful, thank you.
On another subject, I too have a Toshiba Satellite laptop, are you able to enable virtualization in your BIOS? I have no option to do so.
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That is fascinating, use SSH and scp on local and remote computers but never used sshfs - useful, thank you.
On another subject, I too have a Toshiba Satellite laptop, are you able to enable virtualization in your BIOS? I have no option to do so.
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SoundToxin
I love SSHFS. Been using it daily for years now. I use it to remotely mount my media storage from remote file servers on laptops, HTPCs, etc. Then I can keep file paths in a playlist and play the remote media via mpv.
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I love SSHFS. Been using it daily for years now. I use it to remotely mount my media storage from remote file servers on laptops, HTPCs, etc. Then I can keep file paths in a playlist and play the remote media via mpv.
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bryanwi09
Thank you so much for making this video. SSHFS has changed my life and made things so much easier! Copying files to my Plex server is seamless. Wish I would have known this months and months ago.
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Thank you so much for making this video. SSHFS has changed my life and made things so much easier! Copying files to my Plex server is seamless. Wish I would have known this months and months ago.
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Njul
There might still be a bug that prevents proper suspend-to-ram while a SSHFS is mounted, so it's best to unmount all SSHFS before suspending to ram:
sync; fusermount3 -u /path/to/mount ; sync
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There might still be a bug that prevents proper suspend-to-ram while a SSHFS is mounted, so it's best to unmount all SSHFS before suspending to ram:
sync; fusermount3 -u /path/to/mount ; sync
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