Mapping an sFTP connection to a Windows drive/folder?

mitnick2

Im looking for an alternative NetDrive 3 software, opensource or cheaper, because its 2-3 $/month. What are you using? NetDrive 3 its very good choice to make a folder on My PC via sFTP, but expensive, the vps host is cheaper bytheway..

PS: looking for an actual, recent versions.

darkimmortal

rclone mount

chip

Mountainduck? ... its a one off payment and its per user I asked the guy what was meant by "per user" as I had a 2 laptops one for work and one for home but exclusively used by me .. he said that was fine and was 1 user

yoursunny

I'm using SFTP Drive v2. Free for non-commercial use. You can open one folder at a time.

OsirisBlack

@darkimmortal said:
rclone mount

This/

sandanista

Air Live Drive
https://www.airlivedrive.com/en/

Lifetime pro licence $25. Great deal and works better than Netdrive and Expandrive. Well, it does for me.

TimboJones

Resilio might also work in your use case.

blackhiden

@darkimmortal said:
rclone mount

+1

DavidAtInfraveoCloud

If you're looking for Open-Source solution, you may try: Swish-sFTP

angstrom

@zwdfiqhuttoxulqzir said:
If you're looking for Open-Source solution, you may try: Swish-sFTP

That is alpha-status software, last updated in June 2013, so no, not a good choice at the end of 2020.

DavidAtInfraveoCloud

@angstrom said:

@zwdfiqhuttoxulqzir said:
If you're looking for Open-Source solution, you may try: Swish-sFTP

That is alpha-status software, last updated in June 2013, so no, not a good choice at the end of 2020.

Yes, that's true but I've been using this with no issues on not-so-important old servers.

angstrom

@zwdfiqhuttoxulqzir said:

@angstrom said:

@zwdfiqhuttoxulqzir said:
If you're looking for Open-Source solution, you may try: Swish-sFTP

That is alpha-status software, last updated in June 2013, so no, not a good choice at the end of 2020.

Yes, that's true but I've been using this with no issues on not-so-important old servers.

Still not a good recommendation at the end of 2020 without significant reservations

Andrews

not exactly sftp, but maybe will do the job:
https://github.com/billziss-gh/sshfs-win

trycatchthis

SSH FS

On Linux Server

# linux server
if [ -x "$(command -v apt)" ]; then
  sudo apt -y install sshfs
fi

if [ -x "$(command -v yum)" ]; then
  #sudo yum --enablerepo=PowerTools -y install fuse-sshfs
  sudo yum -y install fuse-sshfs
fi
username=sshfs
password='insertpwhere'
useradd -m $username
echo -e "$password\n$password" | passwd $username

On Windows Client [explorer or power shell]

# windows client
# download and install
# WinFsp and SSHFS-Win
# https://github.com/billziss-gh/sshfs-win
net use X: \\sshfs\[email protected]
# to delete
# net use X: /delete

Barnesanger

Why not use rclone?

trycatchthis

@Barnesanger said:
Why not use rclone?

After playing with rclone, I would say the sshfs and samba still have a role to play. With sshfs after you mount the drive it appears as a drive letter for easy drag and drop. Same with samba, though I have found sshfs to be faster than samba.

rclone seems to require more work and sysadmin knowledge but is more powerful.

user123

The free version of RaiDrive also lets you mount SFTP as a network drive (and much more) with a nice GUI.