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How to mount SSH file system in Ubuntu

From this site.

To mount remote director /home/share from host example.com to local folder /mnt/share, using ssh user remuser and local user locuser:

sudo apt-get install sshfs
sudo mkdir /media/share
sudo chown locuser /media/share
# local user must belong to the fuse group
sudo adduser locuser fuse
sshfs remuser@example.com:/home/share /media/share

Enter ssh user password when asked.

How to run script over SSH and keep it running after SSH is closed

• SSH into the host
• run screen <your-script>
• detach screen by pressing Ctrl+A Ctrl+D
• You can close the SSH session and the script will remain running