Mounting remote systems
Mounting remote SSH/SFTP.
Prerequisite:
sudo apt-get install sshfs
Mounting:
sshfs remoteuser@remotehost:/remote/location /home/myuser/mountpoint
Unmounting:
sudo fusermount -u /home/myuser/mountpoint
Mounting remote FTP
Prerequisite:
sudo apt-get install curlftpfs
Mounting:
curlftpfs remoteuser:remotepassword@remotehost:/remote/location /home/myuser/mountpoint
Unmounting:
sudo umount /home/myuser/mountpoint
Permission problem with Fuse during mount of SSH or FTP
All you have to do to avoid this error is to add your user to this group (make it additional group):
sudo usermod -a -G fuse myuser
Mounting remote Windows Share
Prerequisite:
sudo apt-get install smbfs
Mounting:
mount -t cifs //windowsserver/sharename -o username=remoteuser,password=remotepassword /home/myuser/mountpoint
Unmounting:
sudo umount //windowsserver/sharename
Having problems unmounting? Use lazy unmount.
sudo umount -l //windowsserver/sharename
Category: Administration, Updated May 4, 2012 from admin | Log in