Mount your remote machine's home directory locally over SSHFS

README.md

SSHFS Remote Home Mounter

Download the script, make it executable, and run:

$ chmod a+x remotehomemount.sh
$ ./remotehomemount.sh [<REMOTEID> [<MNTDIR> [<REMOTEHOST>]]]

remotehomemount.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Author: Sawood Alam <@ibnesayeed>
# Mount your remote machine's home directory locally over SSHFS
# Usage:
# ./remotehomemount.sh [<REMOTEID> [<MNTDIR> [<REMOTEHOST>]]]

set -e

# Define remote ID, local mount point, and remote host using ARGs
remoteid=${1:-$USER}
mntdir=${2:-/mnt/remotehome/$remoteid}
remotehost=${3:-linux.cs.odu.edu}

# Install sshfs, a FUSE over SSH
if ! [ -x "$(command -v sshfs)" ]; then
  if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install -y sshfs
  elif [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then
    sudo dnf install -y fuse-sshfs
  elif [ -x "$(command -v yum)" ]; then
    sudo yum -y install fuse-sshfs
  elif [ -x "$(command -v brew)" ]; then
    brew cask install osxfuse
    brew install sshfs
  else
    echo "Install SSHFS https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs"
    exit 1
  fi
fi

# Create mount point directory and change the ownership to the local user
sudo mkdir -p $mntdir
sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $mntdir

# Mount remote HOME folder to local mount point with UIDs mapped
sshfs -o default_permissions -o idmap=user $remoteid@$remotehost:/home/$remoteid $mntdir

# Test the success of mounting by listing remote files
ls -l $mntdir

echo "==========================================="
echo Mounted $remotehost:/home/$remoteid in $mntdir
echo "==========================================="

On macOS 10.14.6, I run ./remotehomemount.sh and get the output on the command-line:

No Java runtime present, requesting install.
chown: machawk1: illegal group name

...and an alert box asking me to install Java:

I have changed apt to apt-get, which I hope does not conflict with any other packages.