Edit remote files with local editor using ssh and sshfs

1. apt-get -y install sshfs
2. Add your local user to the fuse group
3. mkdir ~/mylocaldir
4. sshfs -o idmap=user mylocaluser@myremoteserver.com:/remotepath ~/mylocaldir
5. Edit files under ~/mylocaldir, and as you save them, they are automatically updated in /remotepath

Note: the "-o uid=500" can be used if you get permission errors, but replace "500" with you local id number

Errors

1. "Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer"
1. change this line in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to match what's here
1. Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
2. happens on RedHat Enterprise 6.1 for sure