How to use sshfs to mount qmaster+isilon (or any other ssh-able machine)

Get FUSE and SSHFS

• Download FUSE for Mac and SSHFS from here and install them in that order.

Create a mount point

• Create a mountpoint for e.g. qmaster in /mnt and chown it to you:
  • sudo mkdir -p /mnt/qmaster
  • sudo chown <username> /mnt/qmaster
• Symlink it to the /Volumes diectory (creating it directly in /Volumes causes trouble with unmounting):
  • ln -s /mnt/qmaster /Volumes/qmaster

Mount the remote machine to the symlink

• sshfs -o volname=qMaster,reconnect,follow_symlinks <username>@qmaster:/home/<username>/ /mnt/qmaster
• if you want, you can make this command an alias like sshfs_qmaster or just run it on startup by saving it to a script.

Unmounting the remote volume

• Unmount with umount /mnt/qmaster or by "ejecting" the volume, or dragging it to the trash.