Use Windows Explorer to access remote file over SSH

What do you need

• WSL2 with Ubuntu installed on Windows 10 OS. I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed but I believe any other Linux distros may work the same.

How to

1. Open Wsl2 terminal create mount folder in home directory. I created a folder name ”~/sshfs”. (Folder in Windows’ host doesn’t work in my experiment)

2. Open /etc/fuse.conf. Uncomment the following line.

   user_allow_other

3. Mount the folder using

   sshfs -o allow_other,default_permissions serverUser@serverAddress:/home/folderToMount ~/sshfs

4. cd to the folder and open Windows Explorer using the command

   explorer.exe .

5. Enjoy Window’s gui over Linux Server.