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--- access_to_home_dir_with_sshfs [2023/10/18 10:37] – ac1mde
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-**SSHFS to home directory**\\
+**SSHFS to home directory (Linux Desktop)**\\
-You can mount your home directory onto a Linux desktop using SSHFS, so that it appears as a local folder.
+On a Linux desktop, you can mount your home directory onto a Linux desktop using SSHFS, so that it appears as a local folder.
+Firstly, the SSHFS package must be installed: **sudo apt install sshfs**
 If you just want to do this once, mount it from stafflogin; you use the command
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-**SSHFS from Windows?**\\
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-Not natively from the Windows system, as although it has OpenSSH, there is no SSHFS binary available, but the above process can be used if you have WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) installed.
+**SSHFS on Windows**
+If you have WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on a Windows Desktop, the above instructions for SSHFS can be used. It is not possible, however, to use pam_mount to automatically mount it when the Linux session is started up.