[IDEA] allow sshfs mount remote storage (rights access issue solved for sshfs)

[TheOldPresbyope]

Quoting from Wikipedia:

Features

SFTP provides secure file transfer from a remote file system. While SFTP clients can transfer files and directories, they cannot mount the server's file system into the local directory tree. Using SSHFS, a remote file system may be treated in the same way as other volumes (such as hard drives or removable media).

Using the Unix command ls with sshfs will sometimes not list the owner of a file correctly, although it is possible to map them manually.

For distributed remote file systems with multiple users, protocols such as Apple Filing Protocol, Network File System and Server Message Block are more often used. SSHFS is an alternative to those protocols only in situations where users are confident that files and directories will not be targeted for writing by another user, at the same time.

The advantage of SSHFS when compared to other network file system protocols is that, given that a user already has SSH access to a host, it does not require any additional configuration work, or the opening of additional entry ports in a firewall.

This may seem a useful addition for dyed-in-the-wool LInux-heads; for everyone else, not so much. Since I have other players which use Samba I'm not particularly interested.

Regards,
Kent