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Mounting remote directories with SSHFS
Earlier in this chapter, we took a look at several ways in which we can set up a Linux 
file server using Samba and/or NFS. There's another type of file-sharing solution 
I haven't mentioned yet, the 
SSH Filesystem
 (
SSHFS
). NFS and Samba are great 
solutions for designating file shares that are to be made available to other users, 
but these technologies may be more complex than necessary if you want to set up a 
temporary file-sharing service to use for a specific period of time. SSHFS allows you 
to mount a remote directory on your local machine, and have it treated just like any 
other directory. The mounted SSHFS directory will be available for the life of the 
SSH connection. When you're finished, you simply disconnect the SSHFS mount.
There are some downsides when it comes to SSHFS, however. First, the performance 
of file transfers won't be as fast as with an NFS mount, since there's encryption that 
needs to be taken into consideration as well. However, unless you're performing 
really resource-intensive work, you probably won't notice much of a difference 
anyway. Another downside is that you'd want to save your work regularly as you 
work on files within an SSHFS mount, because if the SSH connection drops for any 
reason, you may lose data. This logic is also true of NFS and Samba shares, but 
SSHFS is more of an on-demand solution and not something intended to remain 
connected and in place all the time.
To get started with SSHFS, we'll need to install it:
sudo apt install sshfs 

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Sharing and Transferring Files