How to Mount a Remote Folder using SSH on Ubuntu

Connecting to a server across the Internet are much more secure using SSH. There is a-a-on-the-you can-mount a folder on a remove server using the SSHFS service.

There is quite a few steps that you'll have to follow, so get ready and open a terminal window.

First we ll install the module:

sudo apt-get install SSHFS

Now we'll use the modprobe command to load it

sudo modprobe fuse

We ' ll need to set up some permissions in order to access the utilities. Replace <username> with your username.

sudo adduser <username> fuse

sudo chown root:fuse/dev/fuse

sudo chmod +x/dev/fusermount

Since we ' ve added ourselves to a user group, we need to logout and the back on at the this point before we continue.

Now we'll create a directory to mount the remote folder in. I chose to create it on my home directory and call it remoteserv.

mkdir ~/remoteserv

Now we had the command to actually mount it. You'll be prompted to save the server key and for your remote password.

SSHFS <username>@<ipaddress>:/remotepath ~/remoteserv

Now you should is able to CD into the directory and start using it as if it is local.

[Email protected]:~/remoteserv$ ls-l
Total 16
Drwxr-xr-x 1 951247 155725 4096 2006-12-13 13:30 howtogeek.com
Drwxr-sr-x 1 root root 4096 2006-09-11 06:45 logs
Drwx--1 951247 155725 4096 2006-08-11 16:09 Maildir
Drwxrwxr-x 1 951247 155725 4096 2006-10-29 02:34 scripts

How to Mount a Remote Folder using SSH on Ubuntu