Mapping cloud (Rackspace) to the OS X desktop

Question

I've got a Fedora 14 instance on Rackspace, and I'm running OS X at home.

Does anybody know how to set up and map a network drive or something that would give me access to /var on my home machine (other than tunneling in via the terminal)?

Answer 1

You need MacFUSE, which allows you to mount "custom" filesystems in the user space. Download and install it. There are a couple of versions:

• The original MacFUSE is dead and I haven't seen it working under Snow Leopard at all.
• MacFUSE Tuxera, another dead fork of the original, which still works for me, but it has some bugs.
• Fuse4X, a newer fork, haven't tried it.
• OSXFUSE, the most recent fork, which I use. Install the Compatibility Layer when asked for the options.

After you've installed, make sure it sits under System Preferences.

Then, download Macfusion, unzip it, move to /Applications and start the app.

Here, create a new SSHFS file system.

Enter all the necessary SSH details for your connection:

Then, click mount, and it will be mounted like a normal network drive, just using SSH.