Command line
- Install sshfs and fuse on your laptop
- open a terminal and continue with the following commands:
- On your laptop's home directory create a directory on which you will mount your RPi
$ mkdir ~/rpi_mount
- make a note of your RPi's ip address. Say
xxx.yyy.zzz.xxx
- mount the rpi's file system:
$ sshfs [email protected]:/dir/to/mount ~/rpi_mount/
- enter pi's password when prompted to do so.
- you should now see all your RPi's files from your Ubuntu file navigator.
- when you are done, unmount the mount with
fusermount -u rpi_mount
Using the GUI
- Install sshfs and fuse on your laptop
- mount the RPi over sshfs using the Gnome "Connect to Server" tool in the desktop Places menu.
Troubleshooting
If the above doesn't work, make sure you are in the fuse group on your laptop: $ groups
. If you don't see your username in the list, add it to the fuse group: $ sudo usermod -g fuse $USER
More info here