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Last updated: 23 June, 2015 . This article has been updated to use the latest known versions/forks of Win-SSHFS and DOKANY(Dokan). Don’t forget to thank dimov-cz and dokan-dev for their ongoing work!
SSHFS for Windows. When I started doing Linux SSH command line tutorials, I found out about SSHFS which allows developers to remotely work on a website hosting server. Nowadays, I tell people that I can’t live without it. This tutorial will list the steps to set up an SSHFS environment for Windows.
Windows SSHFS Manager – Mount your website drive!
Dokan Library (dokany | dokan-dev fork, 0.7.3)
A Windows machine (XP SP3, Vista, Server, 7 or 8)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Pre-bundled with Windows 8+)
Win-SSHFS (dimov-cz fork, 1.5.12.5)
Sublime Text (For awesome editing)
An SSH-enabled server and user
Set up your SSH keys if you haven’t done so
Depending on your Windows version, install .NET framework 4 . Refer to the table below to see full list. (Windows 8 comes with .NET framework 4 pre-installed)
Install Dokany SSHFS
Install Win-SSHFS
Open Win-SSHFS and add a new drive. Enter your server’s connection details, either using password or key-based authentication
These instructions are for setting up SSHFS on Windows 8.1 but should be the same for earlier versions, down to Windows XP SP3.
After installing Dokan, you can proceed with installing Dimov-CV’s fork of win-sshfs, a convenient Dokan-bound GUI tool for mounting SSHFS drives.
Launch and enter the details for your SSH server. I’d suggest that you have a play around with the different authentication methods available for SSHFS mounting.
Remember to save the new sshfs image first before mounting it. I personally use no-password ssh-keys for authentication. It’s a lot easier than entering the password every time I connect. If you do decide to use SSH password authentication, that’s fine. Win-SSHFS will save your password for next time.
If you have sublime text, you can open whichever folder you want by dragging it to your workspace! Don’t forget to unmount the drive from the SSHFS Manager once you are done.
Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure protocol for securely getting access to a remote server. SSHFS is a tool that uses SSH to enable mounting of a remote filesystem on a local machine. SSHFS allows the use of password or key-based authentications and server connections are encrypted. Both the server and client (your computer) agree on a temporary session key to use for decrypting and encrypting data while they’re being transferred. Algorithms such as AES or RC4 are used for SSH decryption or encryption.
The Dokan Library allows you to create file systems without writing device driver. It is similar to FUSE(Linux user mode file system) but it has been designed specifically for Windows.
Dokany is a fork of Dokan 0.6.0 with bug fixes, clean change history and updated to build with latest tools.
SSH(SFTP) filesystem made using Dokan and SSH.NET library. It allows you to mount remote computers via SFTP protocol like windows network drives.
Taken from Wikipedia’s official article, for reference. For most people using Windows 8, there will be no need to install the appropriate .NET framework.
Version
Release date
Included in
Replaces
Development tool
Windows
Windows Server
2010-04-12
Visual Studio 2010
2012-08-15
Visual Studio 2012
2012
4.5.1
2013-10-17
Visual Studio 2013
2012 R2
4.0, 4.5
4.5.2
2014-05-05
4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1
Dokan Official Website Ubuntu’s Article on SSHFS Enable SSH for a user in Parallels Plesk SSHFS in Windows – Linhost Article I have taken a few images from the site for academic purposes. Win SSHFS on Google Code
23 June, 2015 – Retested on 8.1, using latest known versions for win-sshfs and dokany.
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Arijit says: 18/04/2014 at 3:41 AM Helpful! 🙂 Thanks for the post… Reply
Helpful! 🙂 Thanks for the post…
Ed s says: 04/10/2014 at 2:37 PM This was great read and helpful as well! Thank you. Reply
This was great read and helpful as well! Thank you.
Kyle says: 04/11/2014 at 6:53 AM It looks like mine worked without setting the compat of the Winssh library. Have you seen any of the work on the WinSSH library here: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs Reply max says: 01/01/2015 at 9:52 AM hey looks great! Is there any precompiled version for window 8? Reply Kevin says: 13/02/2015 at 6:59 AM Precompiled binaries at: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases Download ReleaseX.X.X.X.zip Working on windows 8 for me. Reply
It looks like mine worked without setting the compat of the Winssh library.
Have you seen any of the work on the WinSSH library here: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs
max says: 01/01/2015 at 9:52 AM hey looks great! Is there any precompiled version for window 8? Reply Kevin says: 13/02/2015 at 6:59 AM Precompiled binaries at: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases Download ReleaseX.X.X.X.zip Working on windows 8 for me. Reply
hey looks great! Is there any precompiled version for window 8?
Kevin says: 13/02/2015 at 6:59 AM Precompiled binaries at: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases Download ReleaseX.X.X.X.zip Working on windows 8 for me. Reply
Precompiled binaries at: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases Download ReleaseX.X.X.X.zip
Working on windows 8 for me.
john baroso says: 25/11/2014 at 2:39 AM This is the best sshfs windows solution but unfortunately is not stable at all…….windows 7 sp1 x64 here…..same behavior using windows 8.1 x64 🙁 Reply
This is the best sshfs windows solution but unfortunately is not stable at all…….windows 7 sp1 x64 here…..same behavior using windows 8.1 x64 🙁
Arthur da Paz says: 16/12/2014 at 6:00 PM It just worked like a charm. Thanks for this. Do you know if windows creates it’s temporary files under this new drives? Explorer behaviors like if it’s in a normal folder, generating thumb.db files, for example? Reply
It just worked like a charm. Thanks for this.
Do you know if windows creates it’s temporary files under this new drives? Explorer behaviors like if it’s in a normal folder, generating thumb.db files, for example?
max says: 01/01/2015 at 9:50 AM Thanks! This is what I was looking for! 🙂 Reply
Thanks! This is what I was looking for! 🙂
Danniel says: 15/01/2015 at 4:27 AM Works great with one drive, however when you set up more then one mount its messes up and show the same content in both for some reason. Windows Server 2012 > CentOS 6.6 Haven’t found a fix for this yet, anyone? Reply Kevin says: 13/02/2015 at 7:00 AM I had this issue, this forked version has it fixed for Windows 8 > CentOS: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases Reply igikorn says: 26/02/2015 at 11:37 AM Great Kevin! Just checked the link out. Will give it a spin tonight and update the article. Thanks heaps 🙂 Reply
Works great with one drive, however when you set up more then one mount its messes up and show the same content in both for some reason.
Windows Server 2012 > CentOS 6.6
Haven’t found a fix for this yet, anyone?
Kevin says: 13/02/2015 at 7:00 AM I had this issue, this forked version has it fixed for Windows 8 > CentOS: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases Reply igikorn says: 26/02/2015 at 11:37 AM Great Kevin! Just checked the link out. Will give it a spin tonight and update the article. Thanks heaps 🙂 Reply
I had this issue, this forked version has it fixed for Windows 8 > CentOS: https://github.com/dimov-cz/win-sshfs/releases
igikorn says: 26/02/2015 at 11:37 AM Great Kevin! Just checked the link out. Will give it a spin tonight and update the article. Thanks heaps 🙂 Reply
Great Kevin! Just checked the link out. Will give it a spin tonight and update the article.
Thanks heaps 🙂
Leonard Challis says: 16/01/2015 at 10:55 PM Has anyone noticed BSODs while using win-sshfs, particularly with Windows 8? We have several machines here that are BSODing when using it. Reply igikorn says: 18/01/2015 at 10:21 AM Hi there, that’s quite alarming! I’ve been using it for about a year now and have no issues with latency and bsod. I’m running Windows 8, V. 6.2 (build 9200). To find yours out: cmd + r then run [winver] Do you have a copy of the log? Might be worth looking into. Reply John says: 30/03/2016 at 3:46 AM I had to remove this product due to BSOD. Running Win7x64. The BSOD pointed to the Dokan Library as the problem. I moved on to expandrive as I lost 24 hours of work on a process I was running and can’t afford to have that happen again. The people who currently manage Dokan said I should update to the current library and that would help. I didn’t risk it. Besides the BSOD, the program was awesome. Reply
Has anyone noticed BSODs while using win-sshfs, particularly with Windows 8? We have several machines here that are BSODing when using it.
igikorn says: 18/01/2015 at 10:21 AM Hi there, that’s quite alarming! I’ve been using it for about a year now and have no issues with latency and bsod. I’m running Windows 8, V. 6.2 (build 9200). To find yours out: cmd + r then run [winver] Do you have a copy of the log? Might be worth looking into. Reply
Hi there, that’s quite alarming! I’ve been using it for about a year now and have no issues with latency and bsod. I’m running
Windows 8, V. 6.2 (build 9200). To find yours out: cmd + r then run [winver]
Do you have a copy of the log? Might be worth looking into.
John says: 30/03/2016 at 3:46 AM I had to remove this product due to BSOD. Running Win7x64. The BSOD pointed to the Dokan Library as the problem. I moved on to expandrive as I lost 24 hours of work on a process I was running and can’t afford to have that happen again. The people who currently manage Dokan said I should update to the current library and that would help. I didn’t risk it. Besides the BSOD, the program was awesome. Reply
I had to remove this product due to BSOD. Running Win7x64. The BSOD pointed to the Dokan Library as the problem. I moved on to expandrive as I lost 24 hours of work on a process I was running and can’t afford to have that happen again.
The people who currently manage Dokan said I should update to the current library and that would help. I didn’t risk it.
Besides the BSOD, the program was awesome.
Pieter says: 10/07/2015 at 2:09 AM How to install? I had Win SSHFS from google code. So uninstalled win sshfs and Dokan 0.6.0. Then installed dokany 0.7.3 RC. Then I ran the WinSshFS.exe from Release1.5.12.5.zip, but I get an exception that it can’t find dokan.dll. So uninstalled dokany 0.7.3 RC and installed Win SSHFS from google code again. I can start Win SSHFS and mount a drive. If I start the WinSshFS.exe from Release1.5.12.5.zip it starts fine. How can I install dokany 0.7.3 RC so WinSSHFS is able to find dokan.dll? What steps did you take to install it? Reply Maxhy says: 29/07/2015 at 5:32 PM You should try with Dokany 0.7.3 RC3 which fix a lot of issues, including this prerequisite test at installation time (you probably missing visual c++ 2013 runtime). Reply
How to install? I had Win SSHFS from google code. So uninstalled win sshfs and Dokan 0.6.0. Then installed dokany 0.7.3 RC. Then I ran the WinSshFS.exe from Release1.5.12.5.zip, but I get an exception that it can’t find dokan.dll.
So uninstalled dokany 0.7.3 RC and installed Win SSHFS from google code again. I can start Win SSHFS and mount a drive. If I start the WinSshFS.exe from Release1.5.12.5.zip it starts fine.
How can I install dokany 0.7.3 RC so WinSSHFS is able to find dokan.dll? What steps did you take to install it?
Maxhy says: 29/07/2015 at 5:32 PM You should try with Dokany 0.7.3 RC3 which fix a lot of issues, including this prerequisite test at installation time (you probably missing visual c++ 2013 runtime). Reply
You should try with Dokany 0.7.3 RC3 which fix a lot of issues, including this prerequisite test at installation time (you probably missing visual c++ 2013 runtime).
Max Bachhuber says: 31/07/2015 at 7:13 AM Doesn’t work with Windows 10… Says it could not find the dokan.dll Reply Ravi says: 19/08/2015 at 3:51 AM I’m having the same problem on Windows 10 Reply Maxhy says: 02/09/2015 at 8:01 AM Don’t forget to install VC++ 2013 Runtime, this is probably your issue. Latest Dokany 0.7.4 version now to prerequisite check to be sure it is installed. Reply
Doesn’t work with Windows 10…
Says it could not find the dokan.dll
Ravi says: 19/08/2015 at 3:51 AM I’m having the same problem on Windows 10 Reply Maxhy says: 02/09/2015 at 8:01 AM Don’t forget to install VC++ 2013 Runtime, this is probably your issue. Latest Dokany 0.7.4 version now to prerequisite check to be sure it is installed. Reply
I’m having the same problem on Windows 10
Maxhy says: 02/09/2015 at 8:01 AM Don’t forget to install VC++ 2013 Runtime, this is probably your issue. Latest Dokany 0.7.4 version now to prerequisite check to be sure it is installed. Reply
Don’t forget to install VC++ 2013 Runtime, this is probably your issue. Latest Dokany 0.7.4 version now to prerequisite check to be sure it is installed.
pedal says: 30/11/2015 at 10:45 PM Hello I would be very happy to know how to make it work with Win10 64bit. Dokany .073 0.7.4 and 0.8 I have tried but no success win Winsshfs. I can start the tool but I am not able to map 🙁 My version does also look different than that of the screeni in the tut above and I tried all combinations but no success. Reply
Hello
I would be very happy to know how to make it work with Win10 64bit.
Dokany .073 0.7.4 and 0.8 I have tried but no success win Winsshfs. I can start the tool but I am not able to map 🙁
My version does also look different than that of the screeni in the tut above and I tried all combinations but no success.
ShadowFox says: 14/12/2015 at 7:44 AM To get this to work on windows 10 (or probably anywhere) you’ll need the VC2013 C++ Redist package from Microsoft. This is a dependency for the Dokan installer. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 The 32 bit one made it work for me. Reply
To get this to work on windows 10 (or probably anywhere) you’ll need the VC2013 C++ Redist package from Microsoft. This is a dependency for the Dokan installer. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
The 32 bit one made it work for me.
AdeHaze says: 22/01/2016 at 1:01 AM ah yeah, thanks for your tutorial Reply
ah yeah, thanks for your tutorial
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