How to Getting Started With the Sshfs Command on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

sshfs Command Quick Start for macOS 10.10 Yosemite

The Unix Tutorial shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with the sshfs Filesystem Client Command on macOS File System to Exchange Content with a Remote Machine.

The SSHFS (SSH Filesystem) is a filesystem client to Mount Locally and interact with directories and files located on a Remote Server or Workstation.

1. Open Terminal Window
   Applications > Utilities > Terminal
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

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3. Installing sshfs for macOS.

   sudo brew install sshfs

4. Mounting a Remote Directory Locally.

   sudo mkdir $HOME/<localDir>

   sshfs <remoteUser>@<remoteIP>:/<remotePath> $HOME/<localDir>

   For Security Reasons better Not to Run sshfs Command as Super-User…
   To Login you may Need to Enter a Password.

5. Unmounting the Directory.

   umount -f $HOME/<localDir>

   Of if it Doesn’t Works:

   sudo umount -f $HOME/<localDir>

   Do Not Try to Removing the Local Directory because you will Delete also the Remote One!!!