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H Schumacher: Rclone link for 2fa cases.

2026-05-13T14:10:07Z

Rclone link for 2fa cases.

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	=== Windows ===		=== Windows ===
	''Caution: sshfs on Windows doesn't work with 2FA.		''Caution: sshfs on Windows doesn't work with 2FA. An alternative is [[Data_Transfer/Rclone \| Rclone with sftp]] + [[Registration/SSH \| ssh key]].''
	<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">		<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
	<li>Go to "This PC" and select "Connect network drive" ("Netzlaufwerk verbinden")</li>		<li>Go to "This PC" and select "Connect network drive" ("Netzlaufwerk verbinden")</li>
	<li>Select a drive (W:) and click on "connect with webpage on which you can save documents and images" (Verbindung mit website herstellen, auf der Sie Dokumente und Bilder speichern können)</li>		<li>Select a drive (W:) and click on "connect with webpage on which you can save documents and images" (Verbindung mit website herstellen, auf der Sie Dokumente und Bilder speichern können)</li>
	<li>Enter the following as address, to connect to the home ~~folder~~ on ~~the cluster~~:		<li>Enter the following as address, to connect to the home or root folder:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">\sshfs\<username>@<hostname>/</syntaxhighlight>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">\sshfs\<username>@<hostname>/</syntaxhighlight>
	If you would want to go two folders up, you would add “''../../''” at the end.</li></ol>		If you would want to go two folders up, you would add “''../../''” at the end.</li></ol>

H Schumacher: Added warning for Windows sshfs with 2fa

2026-02-26T18:26:08Z

Added warning for Windows sshfs with 2fa

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	=== Windows ===		=== Windows ===
			''Caution: sshfs on Windows doesn't work with 2FA.

	<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">		<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
	<li>Go to "This PC" and select "Connect network drive" ("Netzlaufwerk verbinden")</li>		<li>Go to "This PC" and select "Connect network drive" ("Netzlaufwerk verbinden")</li>

H Schumacher: removed alternative tools table, changed yum to dnf

2025-01-10T14:22:14Z

removed alternative tools table, changed yum to dnf

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 <ul>
 <li>Debian/Ubuntu: <code>apt-get install sshfs</code></li>
-<li>CentOS/RedHat: <code>yum install fuse-sshfs</code></li>
+<li>CentOS/RedHat: <code>dnf install fuse-sshfs</code></li>
 <li>If you want to use /etc/fstab, you can do this with the following entry:
 <pre>sshfs#&lt;username&gt;@&lt;hostname&gt;:    &lt;your_local_mountpoint&gt;   fuse   defaults,user,noauto,exec,reconnect        0       0 </pre></li></ul>
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 fusermount -u &lt;localPath&gt;
 ```</pre>

H Schumacher: fixed link

2024-11-21T18:32:20Z

fixed link

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	Sshfs is a network protocol for mounting data. It uses [[~~DataTransfer~~/SFTP\|sftp]] under the hood.		Sshfs is a network protocol for mounting data. It uses [[Data Transfer/SFTP\|sftp]] under the hood.

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

H Schumacher: created page

2024-11-21T18:31:34Z

created page

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Sshfs is a network protocol for mounting data. It uses [[DataTransfer/SFTP|sftp]] under the hood.

== Installation ==

For the necessary installations follow this link: [https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-directories-over-ssh/ How to use SSHFS to Mount Remote Directories over SSH]. 
a) '''MacOS after the installation''' 
To enable sshfs on your Mac go to: System Preferences -> General tab -> Allow Extensions button 
Then follow the instructions that pop up (make sure that you remember the instructions before shutting down your computer). 
b) '''Linux installation short commands'''
<ul>
<li>Debian/Ubuntu: <code>apt-get install sshfs</code></li>
<li>CentOS/RedHat: <code>yum install fuse-sshfs</code></li>
<li>If you want to use /etc/fstab, you can do this with the following entry:
<pre>sshfs#<username>@<hostname>: <your_local_mountpoint> fuse defaults,user,noauto,exec,reconnect 0 0 </pre></li></ul>

== Usage ==

=== Windows ===

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
<li>Go to "This PC" and select "Connect network drive" ("Netzlaufwerk verbinden")</li>
<li>Select a drive (W:) and click on "connect with webpage on which you can save documents and images" (Verbindung mit website herstellen, auf der Sie Dokumente und Bilder speichern können)</li>
<li>Enter the following as address, to connect to the home folder on the cluster:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">\sshfs\<username>@<hostname>/</syntaxhighlight>
If you would want to go two folders up, you would add “''../../''” at the end.</li></ol>

=== MacOS & Linux ===

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
<li>Create an empty directory. The cluster/storage folder is going to be mounted to this directory.</li>
<li>Mount a folder from the cluster/storage:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"># Home folder
sshfs -o reconnect <username>@<hostname>: <localPath>
# subfolderX
sshfs -o reconnect <username>@<hostname>:subfolderX <localPath></syntaxhighlight></li></ol>

=== Undo mounting ===

'''MacOS & Linux:''' 
If the connection to the cluster broke and you want to remount, you often have to use umount first. Try to remember to always unmount first before retrying. Otherwise it can happen that unmounting is not possible anymore by cmd. Usually the error message in this case tells you that the process is currently busy and therefore cannot umount. In this case, you have to restart the notebook which automatically unmounts everything.

<pre>```bash
umount -f <localPath>
# For example
umount -f /Users/<username>/Documents/mounted
# or use
fusermount -u <localPath>
```</pre>
== Alternative tools using sshfs ==

We've described the most common way of using sshfs. Alternatively, you could use one of the following tools.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:middle;"
|-
! Tools to mount a Network Drive
! Windows
! Mac
! Linux
|-
| style="font-weight:normal;" | WebDrive (additionally for iOS, Android)
| ✓
| ✓
| style="font-weight:normal;" | ☓
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
| SFTPNetDrive
| style="font-weight:bold;" | ✓
| ☓
| ☓
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
| NetDrive
| style="font-weight:bold;" | ✓
| ☓
| ☓
|-
| style="font-weight:normal;" | ExpanDrive
| ✓
| ✓
| ✓
|}