How to use _SSHFS_ to mount a remote _Linux_ file system or directory via _SSH_

The main purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions on how to use SSHFS to mount a remote Linux filesystem or directory via SSH.

This article is helpful for users or system administrators who, for whatever purpose, wish to mount a remote filesystem on their local system. We installed the SSHFS client on one of the Linux systems for practical testing and successfully mounted the remote file system.

Before we go any further, let's take a look at what SSHFS is about and how it works.

Sshfs mounts remote Linux file systems or directories

What is SSHFS?
SSHFS (Secure SHell FileSystem) is a client that allows us to mount remote file systems via the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and interact with remote directories and files on the local machine.

SFTP is a secure file transfer protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management capabilities through the SSH protocol. Because SSH uses a data encryption channel when transferring files from one computer to another in the network, and SSHFS is built into the FUSE (file system in user space) kernel module, allowing any unprivileged user to modify the kernel code. Create their own file system under

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