How to mount a remote directory on my computer?

Question

I have all my code and data on my computer at work. But often I work from home, so I ssh to a working computer, connect to a GNU screen session (which includes text emacs ) and start hacking, compiling, etc.

This can sometimes be a little annoying, especially if my connection is slow and remote emacs are behind my input. In addition, it would be nice to use an IDE to work with code.

Is there a solution? Of course, I could synchronize the code with rsync or svn , but then I think that I have too many directories scattered around, a lot of data that I do not want to copy, etc. And I always want to compile and run remotely (because working computers are fast and many), but the encoding and typing itself will be better on my home computer.

Can I mount my remote home directory on my local computer? What do I need for this? Do I need my system administrator? (I would prefer because he usually does not reply to emails or does not want to do what people ask him.) Can I do something with a VPN ? How do you do this when you work at home?

(As for security restrictions, I can now ssh and scp , but not telnet or ftp .)

UPDATE: I have a Mac at home and Linux at work.

Answer 1

Check out this Lifehacker article: Install the file system on your Mac via SSH . As long as you have SSH on your workstation, you do not need sysadmin for this. However, you need to install MaceFUSE and SSHFS on your Mac. See the article for more details.

Answer 2

I have a similar situation and I am using Netdrive . You may be interested in this!

From the site: Using NetDrive, managing remote FTP and WebDAV servers will be as simple as any old folders on your PC.

After mounting the local drive, you don’t need to run the application or the FTP client interface, but just moving and dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer will be enough to transfer and manage files.

Update: Sorry, just read the update you are using mac.

Answer 3

I use "Panic - Transmit" for Mac - It allows you to mount remote directories, even when using key files.

I actually stumbled upon this topic while looking for a similar PC solution. I think I'll take a look at Netdrive.

When I work: - I mount the remote directory - Use any free code editor - Code until I have completely completed the debugging task - use SmartSVN (also great for Mac / PC) to fix and / or update SVN.