Remote mount trough ssh - sshfs

You may need to work on remote hosts file systems and copying files over with scp/sftp may be a hassle. This is why sshfs is in place - you can mount remote file systems locally on your computer

How to do it (on ubuntu) - install first the sshfs

$ sudo aptitude install sshfs
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then is as easy as

$ mkdir /tmp/remote_host_name_yours
$ sshfs your_remote_host: /tmp/remote_host_name_yours
$ cd /tmp/remote_host_name_yours

that is it ! (you may be need to input a password or paraphrase)
to umount the remote file system you need to use

$ fusermount -u /tmp/remote_host_name_yours

for more info see http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html