faq-sshfs.md
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Installation requires administrative privileges.
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-Prior to installing, you should make sure that [password-less
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-ssh](faq-setting-up-passwordless-ssh.md) is configured correctly
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-between the local system and the remote system.
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+Prior to installing, you should make sure that [password-less-ssh](faq-setting-up-passwordless-ssh) is configured correctly between the local system and the remote system.
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1. Download OSXFuse (`dmg`) (`pkg`) from <http://osxfuse.github.io>
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2. Open OSXFuse `dmg` , run installer
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`schl15` as a host to access the directory `/nfs/userdocs/ps/meyer` (in other
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words, that user's NFS home directory).
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-### Unmounting remote filesystems
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-`umount /sshfs`
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+On Linux, if you don't have root or sudo access, you can mount sshfs via a directory in your home directory. Just remember to specify the PATH to the directory. You will need the fuse-sshfs package installed.
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-On Linux, if you don't have root or sudo access, you can mount sshfs via a directory in your home directory. Just remember to specify th
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-e fill PATH to the directory. On Centos, you will need the `fuse-sshfs` package installed.
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## OS X (Mac) helpful hints
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`sudo chown -R $USER /sshfs`
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`/usr/local/bin/sshfs oconnor@crystal.harvard.edu:/nfs/userdocs /sshfs/userdocs -o volname=userdocs,reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15,ServerAliveCountMax=3,idmap=user,auto_xattr,dev,suid,defer_permissions,noappledouble,noapplexattr,IdentityFile=$HOME/.ssh/sshfs-id_rsa`
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-Basically, your local user needs to own the destination $PATH. We mount one complete filesystem from the remote site(avoids local Apple Finder issues). We give the volume a name (shows mount point on your desktop), add some additional options for server connections, etc. If you are using an [ssh key](faq-setting-up-passwordless-ssh.md) you would add it's path to the IdentityFile paramater.
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+Basically, your local user needs to own the destination $PATH. We mount one complete filesystem from the remote site(avoids local Apple Finder issues). We give the volume a name (shows mount point on your desktop), add some additional options for server connections, etc. If you are using an [password-less-ssh](faq-setting-up-passwordless-ssh) you would add it's path to the IdentityFile paramater.
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+### Unmounting remote filesystems
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On occasion the mount may become stuck or unresponsive you can force unmount via -
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`diskutil umount force /sshfs/userdocs`