Questions tagged [sshfs]
SSHFS is a tool that uses SSH to enable mounting of a remote filesystem on a local machine.
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What is the most efficient way to migrate a website over SFTP without full SSH Access?
I need to migrate a reasonably large website to a new server for a client with the least amount of downtime as possible.
Unfortunately the client's current host only allows SFTP access without full ...
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Allow creation of broken links with FreeFileSync
When trying to synchronize such a folder on a personal remote using FreeFileSync (via sshfs):
~/MyDocs/
├── file.txt
└── subFolder/
│ └── relative_link -> ../file.txt
├── otherFolder/
└── ...
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Kinit with systemd in user mode
I have created a keytab file under the user home directory $HOME/client.keytab. The authentication cache file is in it's default location /tmp/krb5cc_%U (where %U is the UID). Now, I have this simple ...
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SSHFS automount through FSTAB using Kerberos (GSSAPI)
Following from this Q&A, I have successfully installed and tested k5start to work with the Kerberos server of my university. My university uses a MIT Kerberos v5 server for authenticating tickets.
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Getting `sshfs` working on WSL or finding an alternative
My university's CS department has its own server used for development (from here on out, dev.univ.edu). I have SSH and SFTP access to this server, and I was hoping to do some heavy work on my Windows ...
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SSHFS rights management in Debian 9 virtualized build environment
I am working with a setup, where the build machine is virtualized and storage for the build process is accessed through a network share:
VM host OS: Debian 8
VM Manager: VirtualBox
VM client OS: ...
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Automatically mount sshfs on login, using gnome keyring
I understand the purpose of /etc/fstab is used to mount volumes on boot. However, in my case I have an sshfs that requires an encrypted identity file.
So how would I go about supplying passphrase for ...
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sshfs to mount ftp folder to local folder not working
in my debian I am trying to mount a remote FTP folder to a local folder with sshfs.
This is the command I use:
sshfs ftp_user@ftp_ip: /mnt/myfolder
The command is executed and I get the error:
read:...
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How can I avert ssh tunneling interference
I am using a tunnel through machine a to access machine b, and it works fine for either ssh or sshfs separately. I need to have both an active remote session and a mounted filesystem for local work. ...
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error mounting remote directory on Mac using sshfs and public key file
I'm currently running 10.13.3 (High Sierra).
Ultimately, I'm trying to automount a directory on my web host's server using sshfs using this guide. I have generated a shared key and can ssh to the ...
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Reverse sshfs over ssh
I want to mount dir on remote machine from host machine connected over ssh preferably via ssh tunnel; with method described below.
how to mount local directory to remote like sshfs?
But if get peer ...
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How to mount local directory to remote hosts?
I'm doing some experiments with some computers I have, I have the following scenario
local network
host1 [ubuntu]
vps [internet]
host2 [CentOS]
I have an external hard disk connected to the ...
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How to share a Linux directory as a folder in Windows?
Maybe it seems that the best way is using samba. But it's not ideal. Access to some files or directories will not be possible unless changing the file or directory's owner or mode. For example, one ...
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Network filesystem client moving between networks
At home, I have a network drive and devices that mount it from a local IPv4 address. Away, my laptop mounts that same drive with sshfs and a DNS-resolvable hostname.
Moving the laptop from network to ...
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SSHFS mounting with FSTAB during boot (Linux / Debian)
Is there anyone out there who can help me try to "translate" this SSHFS command to a proper fstab-line?
I already tried once and messed up with whole FSTAB and boot.
sshfs user@remoteserver.com:/...
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How to use sshfs on cygwin
How to use sshfs on cygwin? Direct way does not work:
$ apt-cyg install sshfs
Installing sshfs
Unable to locate package sshfs
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Why can I cd into non-executable directories mounted with sshfs?
I noticed that I can cd into non-executable directories that are mounted with sshfs.
First, I created directories with all eight possible modes:
$ pwd
/mnt/remote
$ for i in {0..7}; do mkdir test_$i;...
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Mount a directory of another server on boot automaticaly
I have two Centos 7 servers and I mounted a directory from the 2nd server on the 1st one by SSHFS.
And it works fine.
but when I reboot the 1st server I need to mount the directory manually.
What ...
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SSHFS file permissions issue
I am looking for the right way of allowing multiple users to mount a remote folder on my Ubuntu server to our Macs so we can edit the remote files.
The files in the remote Ubuntu server are all owned ...
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SSHFS over VPN freezes on large chunk
I'm running SSHFS over a VPN connection. When trying to send a chunk of 1270 bytes into a file on this remote file system:
head -c 1270 /dev/urandom > /path/into/the/sshfs/foo
the whole file ...
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Mounting a different SSHFS automatically depending on location
Basically, we have a local server and a remote server. The remote server is for out-of-the-office.
It's easy to easily have it mount a folder over SSH to the remote server.
However, when in the ...
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Will searching a text with grep results in copying files in SSHFS
I have linked a remote directory using SSHFS and now if i search some text within there files will SSHFS copy files to my local space..I know when we try to see the content of the files in SSHFS it ...
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nginx doesn't read mounted /usr/share/nginx/html
Goal:
I am using an NGINX container in which I mount a remote SSHFS filesystem into
/usr/share/nginx/html, the purpose is to use each time a new stateless nginx container but with the same ...
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Mount remote folder between 2 Linux VPS
I'm trying to link to VPS servers to share files between them with a consistent connection.
One is running Ubuntu 16.04, the other is Cent OS 7.
I've linked them with a VPN connection thinking that ...
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Synology - mount a directory via sshfs with user/group mapping
I have been experimenting with sshfs with the intent to access a directory on a Synology box and mount it via Terminal. To this end, I am using version of SSHFS as provided by the FUSE for macOS ...
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I need to run a shell command after connecting with SSHFS
I'm connecting to a remote server using SSH. Unfortunately, a connection with Nautilus or Konqueror over SCP did not work (although it perfectly works fine over SSH). I am not using SSHFS which works ...
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OSXFuse mounted directory ownership error with automount SSHFS
I am running on macOS Sierra and I am trying to configure auto-mount of external server's directory via SSHFS and osxfuse. However, every time the disk is being mounted, it is owned by root and normal ...
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Unison sync of sshfs mount - what can go wrong if the connection breaks?
I have a cloud storage server that I would like to sync with multiple computers. I have access via rsync, SFTP, or WebDAV, but no shell access. So I can't run Unison on the server. My first solution ...
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fuse: invalid argument, MacOS
I've been mounting a Linux filesystem on my Mac successfully with the following syntax:
sshfs -o allow_other, defer_permissions username@remotelinux:/ ~/mnt/mountpoint
Starting yesterday, this fails ...
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Enable sshfs for non-admin users on CentOS 6.8
Would it be possible to enable sshfs to mount for users without admin permissions in CentOS 6.8?
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Git response time of mounted folder is super slow over NFS or SSHFS
I have a Git-enabled PHP project folder on a dev server and we run all our code on there (means we don't have to set up and host everything locally on our machines). I currently edit my code by ...
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SSHFS Mount using fstab is very slow
I am using fstab to create a sshfs mount. It is working but it takes 5-10 minutes until it's executed. Is it possible to do it right away ? What makes it so slow ?
It's not about the speed of sshfs ...
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Super slow cd into SSHFS mounted folder in Mac OS X
I have an SSHFS mounted folder and it's working very well, except that when I try to cd into it from the terminal it lags for about 30s. Also, ls -al lists all the files but then lags for the same 30s ...
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Set up SSHFS automated mounting only when user SSH into remote server?
i want to set up SSHFS such that whenever I SSH into remote server, it mounts the file transfer folder. Is it possible to set it up in such way?
making script after @Alex's comment.
my script is ...
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Using sshfs to mount a remote filesystem on OSX fails periodically with “Bad address”
I have a remote filesystem which I mount on my Mac (10.11) with the following command:
sudo sshfs username@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ ~/mnt/remotefs
Sometimes this command works just fine, and it prompts me ...
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sshfs with multiple clients
I have a server running under Debian 8. It has an SSH and an SFTP server running properly and I use them without any problem.
I installed win-sshfs on my computer so I can access to my SFTP ...
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Autoconnect Cisco IPSec VPN on MacOS Sierra
MacOS' built in network settings do not allow me to save the password, and the connection dies numerous times per day. I'm trying to find solutions for
Save VPN password.
Start VPN on login.
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How to edit root privliged files mounted locally using sshfs
I have a server running ubuntu 16.04 (same OS is on my local machine). I then mount remote file system on my local machine using command
sshfs -o allow_other user@remote_server.com :/ /home/...
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read: Connection reset by peer using sshfs to connect to AWS
I am trying to use sshfs to mount a directory on an AWS instance from Ubuntu 16.04.
The command I am using:
sshfs -o IdentityFile=keyfile.pem ec2-user@ecX-X-X-X.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:/var/...
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Openoffice access files on NFS extremely slow and can not save file
I am using a Debian 7 box. I have an NFS network drive mounted on my "/mnt/drive_R". Everything works fine except Apache openoffice 4.1 and LibreOffice 3.5, yes I tried both version of openoffice.
I ...
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SSHFS Permission Denied to symbolic link
I can mount a remote directory to /home/user/mnt and can see symbolic links via ls of that directory, but I cannot r,w, or x the links. I mount using the code below, using RSA key pairs for automatic ...
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How can sshfs be made more reliable?
I use sshfs to connect the filesystem on my computer to that of my web host.
I find that after a few hours of being connected, the sshfs becomes unmounted and synchronization no longer happens. Is ...
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10 second delay on ssh operations
After doing various things to my BeagleBone Black, I noticed it started giving me a ten second delay on every SSH operation, including SSHFS file transfers. But once it was connected (after that ...
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Corrupted directory after sshfs hard killing
I've mistakenly mount huge network directory using sshfs util. Trying to umount it leaded to hand-up this process, so I decided to kill -9 appropriate sshfs process.
This leads to that folder ...
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Force Unix line endings for a partition in Notepad++
I've a Linux partition mounted using Web Drive on a Windows PC. It uses the same Drive letter all the time. Whenever I create a empty new text file and then open it with Notepad++, it starts using ...
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Unable to mount external drive or sshfs
I'm running Linux Mint 17.2.
Here's what happens when I try to mount an external USB drive:
Error mounting system-managed device /dev/sdc1: Command-line `mount "/media/nick/MyPassportRed"' exited ...
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What are the difference between nfs over ssh and sshfs?
I’m looking for a solution to mount an folder from my homeserver (linux) over the internet. The Data should be encrypted, so that nobody could read my file content or any metadata.
I have found ...
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win-sshfs “Server HMAC algorithms not found” Can't connect to server
I'm trying to setup SSHFS from my windows PC to my Debian 8 VPS, however whenever I try to connect with win-sshfs it returns this error:
Server HMAC algorithm not found
From what limited information ...
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Translate permissions with as sshfs remote mount?
I have two computers on a network, call these Q and X. I want to mount via sshfs X:/ to Q:/mnt/X. So to do this I use:
user@Q $ sudo sshfs root:X/ /mnt/X
This successfully mounts it and allows the ...
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sshfs remount frequently hangs
On Fedora 21 current patches, in a local LAN environment, I'm mounting 2 filesystems with sshfs. The remote server is on a reliable LAN network, the ssh keys are correctly setup for passwordless ...
