Open folder GUI in remote machine

Question

I have ssh connection with a remote machine (ssh username@server). But now I want to open a certain folder path/to/folder in a GUI environment. The following I've tried while being in username@server:/path/to/folder:

Input:

nautilus .

Output:

The program 'nautilus' is currently not installed.
To run 'nautilus' please ask your administrator to install the package 'nautilus'

So nautilus is not installed on the remote machine, but it is on my local machine.

I've tried xdg-open aswell. It does work, but that is not really what I want. I want the same interface while browsing my local machine (so basically nautilus).

Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu 14.04?

Thanks in advance, if there is anything unclear, please ask!

PS. I do not have the rights to install anything on the remote machine.

Solution

Two methods worked for me:

1. Solution of steeldriver (see the comment under the question):
   'Connect to Server' in local nautilus to connect to the remote system
2. Similar solution but in the terminal:
   Open the terminal (Alt+Ctrl+T) locally and run: nautilus sftp://username@server:/path/to/folder or even better nohup nautilus sftp://username@server:/path/to/folder & to keep it running even when the terminal is closed.

Comments

[Admin]

askubuntu.com/questions/456669/…

[Admin]

Basically you use 'Connect to Server' in your local nautilus to connect to the remote system using sftp/scp (separate from your ssh terminal session)

[Admin]

@steeldriver Thanks for the suggestion. I found a similar solution but with the terminal. I've included your suggestion to the answer as well

[Oxwivi]

Remember to select this as the answer tomorrow.