SFTP mount in Mac OS X
From OCF Help
Creating an SFTP mount in Mac OS X (with Macfusion)
Unlike Linux, the Connect to Server... function (command+K) in OS X's Finder does not support SFTP. For now, if you want to create a mount to your OCF files in OS X, you will have to use a third party application like MacFUSE (free) + Macfusion (free) or ExpanDrive (commercial). The benefit of a mount is that it behaves more or less like an ordinary folder. This will give you a GUI solution to managing your OCF files through file browser functionality like the ability to drag-and-drop files between the local machine and the SFTP server.
Here are steps to how it's done using Macfusion with MacFUSE:
- Install MacFUSE (an installer package).
- Install Macfusion (a .app file)
- Click the [+] plus icon to add a new mount, and select SSHFS.
- Input the settings obtained from our SSH documentation.
- Host: ocf.berkeley.edu
- User Name: <yourusername>
- Password: (your OCF password)
- Path: Type your home directory path for this. It follows this format: /home/<first letter of username>/<first 2 letters of username>/<yourusername>
- Example: /home/g/go/gordeon
- Click the Mount button.
- You may be asked: Macfusion wants to use your confidential information stored in "Macfusion: OCF" in your keychain. Do you want to allow access to this item? You can select Allow or Always Allow, depending on whether you are on your own computer.
- The share will now appear as an icon on your desktop with the host as the name. In this case, it's ocf.berkeley.edu. To connect to it, just double-click it.
- Your files will appear like a folder in Finder You are now logged in and may transfer files.
- When you are finished, to unmount the network share, click the Unmount button in the main Macfusion window.
