Install
sudo apt-get install -y sshfs
make sure the following condition is met. In the local system, type (as root)
Should return nothing
# sudo modprobe fuse
create the mount point
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/remote
$ sudo chown [user-name]:[group-name] /mnt/remote/
Add yourself to the fuse group
adduser [your-user] fuse
switch to your user and mount the remote filesystem.
sshfs remote-user@remote.server:/remote/directory /mnt/remote/
If you want to mount a directory other than the home directory, you can specify it after the colon. Actually, a generic sshfs command looks like this:
$ sshfs [user@]host:[dir] mountpoint [options]
Unmount Your Directory
Try:
sudo umount /mnt/remote
or
fusermount -u mountpoint