Download the script, make it executable, and run:
$ chmod a+x remotehomemount.sh
$ ./remotehomemount.sh [<REMOTEID> [<MNTDIR> [<REMOTEHOST>]]]
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Mount your remote machine's home directory locally over SSHFS
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Author: Sawood Alam <@ibnesayeed> | |
| # Mount your remote machine's home directory locally over SSHFS | |
| # Usage: | |
| # ./remotehomemount.sh [<REMOTEID> [<MNTDIR> [<REMOTEHOST>]]] | |
| set -e | |
| # Define remote ID, local mount point, and remote host using ARGs | |
| remoteid=${1:-$USER} | |
| mntdir=${2:-/mnt/remotehome/$remoteid} | |
| remotehost=${3:-linux.cs.odu.edu} | |
| # Install sshfs, a FUSE over SSH | |
| if ! [ -x "$(command -v sshfs)" ]; then | |
| if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then | |
| sudo apt-get update | |
| sudo apt-get install -y sshfs | |
| elif [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then | |
| sudo dnf install -y fuse-sshfs | |
| elif [ -x "$(command -v yum)" ]; then | |
| sudo yum -y install fuse-sshfs | |
| elif [ -x "$(command -v brew)" ]; then | |
| brew cask install osxfuse | |
| brew install sshfs | |
| else | |
| echo "Install SSHFS https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| # Create mount point directory and change the ownership to the local user | |
| sudo mkdir -p $mntdir | |
| sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $mntdir | |
| # Mount remote HOME folder to local mount point with UIDs mapped | |
| sshfs -o default_permissions -o idmap=user $remoteid@$remotehost:/home/$remoteid $mntdir | |
| # Test the success of mounting by listing remote files | |
| ls -l $mntdir | |
| echo "===========================================" | |
| echo Mounted $remotehost:/home/$remoteid in $mntdir | |
| echo "===========================================" |
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I have changed apt to apt-get, which I hope does not conflict with any other packages.
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On macOS 10.14.6, I run
./remotehomemount.shand get the output on the command-line:...and an alert box asking me to install Java:
