How do I mount a remote Linux folder in Windows through SSH?

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Jared picture Jared · Jan 14, 2009 · Viewed 277.2k times · Source

I'm a blind student currently in a system admin/shell programming class. Although ssh works fine for executing commands like ls, pwd, etc editors do not work well with my screen reader and an ssh session. I was wondering if it is possible to mount a Linux folder over ssh so it appears as a windows drive? This way I could edit any files I needed to with accessible software and not have to constantly use SCP to send files back and fourth.

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Sunny Milenov picture Sunny Milenov · Jan 14, 2009

Back in 2002, Novell developed some software called NetDrive that can map a WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, etc. share to a windows drive letter. It is now abandonware, so it's no longer maintained (and not available on the Novell website), but it's free to use. I found quite a few available to download by searching for "netdrive.exe" I actually downloaded a few and compared their md5sums to make sure that I was getting a common (and hopefully safe) version.

Update 10 Nov 2017 SFTPNetDrive is the current project from the original netdrive project. And they made it free for personal use:

We Made SFTP Net Drive FREE for Personal Use

They have paid options as well on the website.

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