Mounting remote directories using SSHFS

1: Download and Install FUSE
 
# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse/files/fuse-2.X/2.8.5/fuse-2.8.5.tar.gz/download

# tar -zxvf fuse-2.6.5.tar.gz

Compile and Install fuse:
# cd fuse-2.6.5
# ./configure
# make
# make install

Step # 2:

Configure Fuse shared libraries loading You need to configure dynamic linker run time bindings using ldconfig command so that
sshfs command can load shared libraries such as libfuse.so.2:

# vi /etc/ld.so.conf.d/fuse.conf

Append following path: /usr/local/lib

Run ldconfig: # ldconfig

Step # 3:

Install sshfs Now fuse is loaded and ready to use. Now you need sshfs to access and mount file system using ssh

# wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fuse/sshfs-fuse-1.7.tar.gz
 
# tar -zxvf sshfs-fuse-1.7.tar.gz

Compile and Install fuse:
# cd sshfs-fuse-1.7
# ./configure
# make
# make install
Mounting your remote filesystem

Now you have working setup, all you need to do is mount a filesystem under Linux. First create a mount point:

# mkdir /mnt/remote

Now mount a remote server filesystem using sshfs command:

# sshfs jeff@ctechz.com: /mnt/remote

To unmount file system just type:

# fusermount -u /mnt/remote
or

# umount /mnt/remote

In Ubuntu Machines
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$sudo apt-get install sshfs
$sudo mkdir /media/dir-name
$sudo chown your-username /media/dir-name
$sudo adduser your-username fuse ----- add user to a group called fuse

Then you can mount any directory using sshfs cmd
$ sshfs root@192.168.0.152:/root/Jeff /mnt/mount/
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 If you get the following error:
  fusermount: fuse device not found, try ‘modprobe fuse’ first
   You will have to load the fuse module by doing:

$sudo modprobe fuse

You can add fuse to the modules that are loaded on startup by editing the file /etc/modules and adding a line with only the word “fuse” in it, at the end.
and then issue the sshfs command above again.
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To unmount the directory once your work is done, use the command:

$fusermount -u

for example, in my case, I would use

$fusermount -u /media/home-pc