Mounting of file systems remotely

Question

1. I have a unix machine (unix1) and another remotely connected unix machine (unix2). using sshfs i am able to mount a unix2 file system on the unix1 machine (of course, I am the unix1 machine user and unix2 is the remote machine). But is it possible for me to mount a unix2 file system on the same (unix2) machine remotely (and not in unix1)? If so, how? Also, is it possible to do it through a java code?

2. Can i do the same with a windows machine? (unix1-windows instead of unix1-unix2)

Answer 1

1. using ssh on localhost works, so why shouldn't that work with sshfs?

2. mounting shared storage from windows machine, requires samba (cifs) or nfs, so sshfs is not an option.

see
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-remote-windows-partition-windows-share-under-linux.html