SSHFS (Secure SHell FileSystem) is a file system for Linux (and other operating
systems with a FUSE imple‐ mentation, such as Mac OS X or FreeBSD)
capable of operating on files on a remote computer using just a secure
shell login on the remote computer. On the local computer where the SSHFS
is mounted, the implemen‐ tation makes use of the FUSE (Filesystem in
Userspace) kernel module. The practical effect of this is that the end
user can seamlessly interact with remote files being securely served over
SSH just as if they were local files on his/her computer. On the remote
computer the SFTP subsystem of SSH is used.