Mount remote directories with sshfs

Instructions for installing fuse based sshfs (ssh file system) on Debian based distros.

SSHFS

Install sshfs:

sudo apt-get install fuse-utils sshfs

Add user to fuse group:

sudo adduser your_user_name fuse

mkdir remote_dir

Mount the remote directory:

sshfs ftp_user_name@ftp_host: remote_dir/

ls remote_dir

Connect without a password using public key authentication.

mkdir remote_dir/.ssh

chmod 700 remote_dir/.ssh

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > remote_dir/.ssh/authorized_keys

chmod 600 remote_dir/.ssh/authorized_keys

Disconnect and reconnect

fusermount -u remote_dir

Add/amend ~/.ssh/config or /etc/ssh/ssh_config

ServerAliveInterval 60