How to use SSHFS to mount remote Linux partitions in Linux...

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SSHFS is a Linux filesystem client, based on FUSE, that can be used to mount a remote Linux partition over SSH. The interaction between two machines is done over SSH File Transfer Protocol or simply SFTP.

 

This can be extremely useful to developers who need to frequently modify files and upload them on to a server. With SSHFS you can mount the remote partition on the local machine and work on files as if you are working locally.

 

With SSHFS you can modify files locally and the changes will appear on the remote machine immediately. Of course there are many other reasons why you may want to mount a remote partition, but we won’t indulge ourselves with that argument.

 

Some of you may also ask why not use NFS (Network FileSystem). NFS is useful and is a bit faster, but is not encrypted. This is one of the advantages of SSHFS that needs to be taken into consideration when choosing between NFS and SSHFS.....

 

http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/06/10/use-sshfs-mount-remote-linux-partitions-linux-windows/