mountSSH

A simple wrapper for sshfs written entirely in Bash.

Dependencies · Install · Usage · Examples

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Dependencies

• Bash
• jq
• sshfs
• Tailscale (optional; but will return error if used)

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Install

Note

I plan to write an install script for this in the future, but it's not a high priority right now.

1. Make and move to your install directory (replace /your/install/path, and replace mkcd with the commands mkdir and cd if not installed)

   mkcd /your/install/path/mountSSH

2. Download the script and config json

   curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Supraboy981322/mountSSH/main/src/mountSSH.bash

   then

   curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Supraboy981322/mountSSH/main/src/machines.json

3. Make mountSSH.bash executable (may require su)

   chmod a+x mountSSH.bash

4. In order to run the script from anywhere, there are two options:

   • Create system alias (may require su, replace /your/install/path)

     echo 'alias mountSSH="/your/install/path/mountSSH/mountSSH.bash"' >> /etc/bash.bashrc

   • OR, add mountSSH install directory to system path (may require su, replace /your/install/path)

     echo 'PATH="$PATH:/your/install/path/mountSSH/"' >> /etc/bash.bashrc

5. OPTIONAL (recommended): rename mountSSH.bash to mountSSH

   mv mountSSH.bash mountSSH

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Usage

• Help

  mountSSH -h
  

• Version

  mountSSH -v

• User (replace [your user])

  mountSSH -u [your user]

• Remote machine (replace remote machine)

  mountSSH -m [remote machine]

• Remote directory (replace /remote/dir)

  mountSSH -r /remote/dir

• Local mount directory (replace /local/dir)

  mountSSh -l /local/dir

• IP address (replace 192.168.5.37 with your remote machine's IP address)

  mountSSH -i 192.168.5.37

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Examples

• To mount the remote directory "/foo/bar" on a machine named "baz" as the user "qux" to the local directory "quux" (in the directory your user is currently located):

  mountSSH -r /foo/bar -m baz -u qux -l quux

• If your local user is "foo", to mount the remote directory "/home/foo" on a remote machine named "bar" as the user "foo" to a local directory "bar" (which is located in your current directory)

  mountSSH -m bar

• Assuming your local user is "foo", to mount the remote directory "/home/foo" on the machine "bar" with the ip address "47.93.14.33"

  mountSSH -m bar -i 47.93.14.33