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mkdir ~/sharedscratch |
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sshfs volkhan.ch.cam.ac.uk:/sharedscratch/khs26 ~/sharedscratch |
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Be careful where you create your mount point though as if you do it somewhere that |
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root expects to be able to read (for example to make backups of /home) it won't be able to. |
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In the thoery sector this causes false failure reports from the backup scripts. The workaround is to |
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put your sshfs mount in /scratch and link it from /home. |
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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. |
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 16 October 2009
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 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
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.