 | shfs: (Secure) SHell FileSystem Linux kernel module |
 LinuxGuru writes "Mounting remote file systems on a LAN is one thing. If you want to do it through the Internet what do you do? VPN works, but is be a lot of overkill for a simple file share. NFS via ssh works but is not very easy. If you want a simple solution that is very easy to setup then the answer is shfs. This cool Linux kernel module lets you mount a remote file system with the same protocol that runs the scp (secure copy) program. Some Linux systems have this installed already.
This could even be used to setup a secure remote file system between two Windows computers with Linux systems in between.
From the web site.
About shfs
Shfs is a simple and easy to use Linux kernel module which allows you to mount
remote filesystems using a plain shell (ssh) connection. When using shfs, you can access
all remote files just like the local ones, only the access is governed through the transport security
of ssh. Shfs supports some nice features:
- file cache for access speedup
- perl and shell code for the remote (server) side
- could preserve uid/gid (root connection)
- number of remote host platforms (Linux, Solaris, Cygwin, ...)
- Linux kernel 2.4.10+ and 2.6
- arbitrary command used for connection (instead of ssh)
- persistent connection (reconnect after ssh dies)
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