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| + | ====== How to use SSHFS to mount anything ====== | ||
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| + | SSHFS ("SSH File System") is a system to let you mount **anything** on **any machine** that you can SSH to. To use it on Ubuntu: | ||
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| + | $ sudo apt-get install sshfs | ||
| + | $ sudo adduser <your_userid> fuse | ||
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| + | You can install it on RHEL5/CentOS5 [[http://www.sdmachelp.com/fuse/fuse-sshfs.html|these directions]]. You don't even have to be root to use it (provided you are in the 'fuse' group, or you "chmod 777 /dev/fuse"). | ||
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| + | register$ mkdir mntpoint | ||
| + | register$ sshfs break:/ mntpoint | ||
| + | register$ ls mntpoint | ||
| + | a boot etc initrd lib64 media mnt opt proc sbin srv t u var | ||
| + | bin dev home lib lost+found misc net post-changes.tar root selinux sys tmp usr x | ||
| + | register$ echo something > mntpoint/etc/yp.conf | ||
| + | bash: mntpoint/etc/yp.conf: Permission denied | ||
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| + | Neat, but what if we want root access to that system? Well, you can do: | ||
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| + | register$ sshfs root@break:/ mntpoint | ||
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| + | You'll need the root password to that last bit. | ||
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| + | You can go all crazy and mount a bunch of stuff at once: | ||
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| + | pac00# for A in `seq 0 9`; do mkdir pac0$A ; sshfs pac0$A:/ pac0$A ; done | ||
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| + | That will make a directory for pac00 .. pac09 and mount that system's root there. Then you could go nuts with some scripts to modify each system. | ||
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| + | Because this works on **any** system you can SSH to, it cuts through NAT routers and firewalls, and you can mount almost any OS, including: | ||
| + | * Linux | ||
| + | * VMWare ESX | ||
| + | * Solaris | ||
| + | * FreeBSD | ||
| + | * Mac OS X | ||
| + | * Windows (if you've installed an SSH server like Cygwin) | ||
how_to_use_sshfs_to_mount_anything.txt ยท Last modified: 2010/12/03 23:27 by tkbletsc
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