import>Cen1001 at 15:15, 16 October 2009

2009-10-16T15:15:32Z

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	mkdir ~/sharedscratch		mkdir ~/sharedscratch
	sshfs volkhan.ch.cam.ac.uk:/sharedscratch/khs26 ~/sharedscratch		sshfs volkhan.ch.cam.ac.uk:/sharedscratch/khs26 ~/sharedscratch

			Be careful where you create your mount point though as if you do it somewhere that
			root expects to be able to read (for example to make backups of /home) it won't be able to.
			In the thoery sector this causes false failure reports from the backup scripts. The workaround is to
			put your sshfs mount in /scratch and link it from /home.

			sshfs has a few little bugs and quirks so it's worth reading the manpage if you have any problems. There may be a commandline option to work around it.

import>Khs26 at 12:59, 16 October 2009

2009-10-16T12:59:10Z

New page

Thanks to Phil in Computer Support for this:

1) If you're not on a computer within the theory sector, first you'll need to set up the VPN client as instructed [http://www-co.ch.cam.ac.uk/facilities/vpn/linux-vpn.html here.] Then connect to the VPN.

2) Create a mount point for your sharedscratch:
mkdir [desired mount point]

3) Use sshfs to mount your sharedscratch at the directory you created:
sshfs [cluster].ch.cam.ac.uk:/sharedscratch/[your username] [desired mount point]

e.g. For me to do it on Volkhan:

mkdir ~/sharedscratch
sshfs volkhan.ch.cam.ac.uk:/sharedscratch/khs26 ~/sharedscratch

Mounting sharedscratch locally - Revision history

import>Cen1001 at 15:15, 16 October 2009

import>Khs26 at 12:59, 16 October 2009