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Installed Program:
sshfs
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Introduction to Sshfs
The Sshfs package contains a filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol. This is useful for mounting a remote computer that you have ssh access to as a local filesystem. This allows you to drag and drop files or run shell commands on the remote files as if they were on your local computer.
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Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/releases/download/sshfs-3.7.3/sshfs-3.7.3.tar.xz
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Download MD5 sum: f704f0d1800bdb5214030a1603e8c6d6
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Download size: 56 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 0.9 MB
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Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Sshfs Dependencies
Required
Fuse-3.17.4, GLib-2.86.1, and OpenSSH-10.2p1.
Optional
docutils-0.22.2 (required to build the man page)
Installation of Sshfs
Install Sshfs by running the following commands:
mkdir build && cd build && meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. && ninja
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
Using Sshfs
To mount an ssh server you need to be able to log into the server. For example, to mount your remote home folder to the local ~/examplepath (the directory must exist and you must have permissions to write to it):
sshfs example.com:/home/userid ~/examplepath
When you've finished work and want to unmount it again:
fusermount3 -u ~/example
You can also mount an sshfs
filesystem at boot by adding an entry similar to the following in
the /etc/fstab file:
userid@example.com:/path /media/path fuse.sshfs _netdev,IdentityFile=/home/userid/.ssh/id_rsa 0 0See man 1 sshfs and man 8 mount.fuse3 for all available mount options.