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Why does BIT use sshfs?

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Why does back in time use sshfs? I don't see it documented anywhere.

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Germar (germar) said : 		#1

sshfs is used to mount the remote snapshot folder if you use the SSH mode. Take a look at 'man backintime'

If you don't use SSH mode you don't need to install sshfs. It is only recommended by backintime-common package.

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