mount remote file system using sshfs and without root permission

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qkhhly picture qkhhly · Aug 16, 2012 · Viewed 12.8k times · Source

I am using a admin'ed machine as a regular user and would like to mount some remote filesystem through sshfs. The machine doesn't have sshfs install. Is there a way that I can install it as a regular user and mount the remote filesystem?

Answer

Marius picture Marius · Aug 16, 2012

If you have access to the folder on the remote machine this should be possible in the following way:

sshfs [email protected]:/foldertomount/ ~/mountpoint

The ssh user has to have permissions to the "foldertomount" while your local user has to have permission to the "mountpoint".

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