Fuser is a module for the kernel which allows users to mount remote locations in home dirs. There exists several plugins and api to program fuser mount.

To use fuse from userspace edit nano /etc/group

Here I have added the user mikkel and foo

fuse:x:120:mikkel,foo

I normallly use fuse to mount a remote filesystem in my local home dir. Fx when I want to edit homepages stored on my webserver I use fuse.

This example mounts /home/priv_mikkel/public_html into the local directory public_html

$ sshfs priv_mikkel@notfound.dk:/home/priv_mikkel/public_html /home/mikkel/mnt/public_html/

To unmount the mount point again run fusermount

$ fusermount -u /home/mikkel/mnt/public_html