What is FileSystem in USErspace (FUSE)?


The Linux kernel supports many filesystems that are native to Linux, but there are other filesystem that Linux support via FileSystem in USErspace (FUSE). Probably you would guess one prominent example of a Filesystem outside Linux that Linux user face often – Windows NTFS

I have written an entire blog on how to get your portable drive on NTFS working. For more information, do take a look at Mounting NTFS on Rocky Linux 8

Another popular usage of FUSE driver is sshfs. It is using SSH to mount the remote file system and avoid the need to setup up NFS or SAMBA while enjoying the benefits of SSH encryption.

There is a good article found at RedHat.com on how to mount a remote file system over SSH

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