I used to use SSHFS to have access to remote files in the OS file browser. But I moved onto WebDAV (via lighttpd) because I like managing the auth outside of PA

I used to use SSHFS to have access to remote files in the OS file browser. But I moved onto WebDAV (via lighttpd) because I like managing the auth outside of PAM and also OS file browsers (including Win/Mac) have good support for it